Commonwealth v. Latimore

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts · Decided 1979-08-07

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Quirico, J. The defendant Willie R. Latimore was convicted of murder in the first degree for killing Philip Poirier in a fight between the two men at a tavern. On this appeal, the defendant argues that it was error to deny his separate motions for directed verdicts of not guilty, not guilty of murder in the first degree, and not guilty…

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