Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Sheppard
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 26, 1943PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDolan, J.
On February 5, 1942, the defendants were indicted for the murder of George Landry, at Bridgewater, on January 1, 1942. They were found guilty in the first degree and filed appeals with assignments of error. See G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 278, §§ 33A-33G. Sheppard had pleaded not guilty, and .a plea of not guilty had been entered by order of the judge for Millard. These pleas were subsequently withdrawn and a plea was entered for each defendant of not guilty by reason of not being criminally responsible at the time of the commission of the crime charged.
There was evidence that at the time of the…
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