Commonwealth v. Stokes

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts · Decided 1978-03-09

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Hennessey, C.J. The defendant Frank P. Stokes was indicted for the murder in the second degree of Joseph Baskerville. At trial, Stokes admitted that he had killed the victim but claimed that he had acted in self-defense. The jury found the defendant guilty of murder in the second degree and the judge imposed the statutory sentence of li…

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