Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Costello
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 5, 1984PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
This case involves the same crime as our decision in Commonwealth v. Pennellatore, ante 382 (1984), and the factual circumstances underlying the incident at issue need not be repeated here. See Commonwealth v. Pennellatore, supra at 384-385. The defendant, a juvenile, was tried as an adult after a District Court judge ordered the case transferred from the Juvenile Session of the West Roxbury District Court to the Superior Court. G. L. c. 119, § 61. The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree, armed robbery, and armed assault in a dwelling with intent to commit a felony, and was…
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