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BOSTON Daniel Prunty, who was sentenced to life in prison after he was found guilty of killing a man in his own Sandwich home, was denied a new trial last week by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
A jury in Barnstable Superior Court convicted Prunty on Feb. 15, 2006. The jury found Prunty, who was 46 at the time, guilty of first-degree murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and attempted extortion.
The latter two charges stem from a confrontation before the 2004 shooting when Prunty pointed a .22-caliber rifle at 23-year-old Hyannis resident Jason Wells head and threatened the younger man that he would not live to “see another sunset” unless he returned stolen jewels.
A request for a new trial for a Sandwich man convicted of murder has been denied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
Daniel Prunty, 61, is serving a life sentence for the murder of Jason Wells, a 23-year-old Hyannis man, in 2004. Mr. Prunty was found guilty of first degree murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and attempted extortion by a Barnstable Superior Court jury on February 15, 2006.
The request for a new trial was made on February 14 and was denied on February 26. The order states that no new evidence has come to light which would necessitate a new trial. The decision is signed by Justice Elspeth B. Cypher.