Commonwealth v. De Christoforo

360 Mass. 531 (1971)

277 N.E.2d 100

COMMONWEALTH

vs.

BENJAMIN A. De CHRISTOFORO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

January 4, 1971.

December 7, 1971.

Present: TAURO, C.J., CUTTER, SPIEGEL, REARDON, QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, & HENNESSEY, JJ.

Manuel Katz for the defendant.

John F. Mee, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

REARDON, J.

This is an appeal by the defendant under G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from his conviction for first degree murder in the Superior Court. The jury, which unanimously recommended that the death penalty not be imposed, also found the defendant guilty of…