PITTSFIELD â The verdict holds, for now, in one of the most heinous murder cases in recent Berkshire County history.
The state Supreme Judicial Court declined Tuesday to overturn David T. Chalueâs 2014 conviction for the murders of David Glasser, Edward Frampton and Robert Chadwell.
âWe conclude that the verdicts of murder in the first degree are consonant with justice, and we decline to exercise our authority,â the court said, âto order a new trial or direct the entry of verdicts of a lesser degree of guilt.â
The SJC decision on Chalue means that state appeals have been exhausted for all three men convicted in the murders, including Adam Lee Hall and Caius Veiovis. The men took their victims to a remote place in the Berkshires, as Tropical Storm Irene drenched the region Aug. 28, 2011, and killed, beheaded and dismembered them.
SJC rejects bid for new trial by David Chalue, convicted in 2011 Berkshire County ‘Hells Angels’ triple murder
Updated Feb 23, 2021;
Posted Feb 23, 2021
The state Supreme Judicial Court has rejected a petition for a new trial by David Chalue, convicted of three counts of 1st-degree murder in the 2011 homicide of three Pittsfield men (Michael S. Gordon/The Republican file photo)
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BOSTON The state’s highest court on Tuesday rejected a bid for a new trial by David Chalue, one of the three defendants convicted for a 2011 Berkshire County triple murder where three Pittsfield men were abducted, killed and dismembered, and then buried in the woods in Becket.