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Alleged murderer of Northeastern student finally flown to Boston for arraignment

Career criminal Cornell Smith is scheduled for arraignment tomorrow in Suffolk Superior Court on charges he murdered Rebecca Payne in her Parker Hill Avenue apartment in 2008 by shooting her in the knees and the chest.

Smith was indicted for Payne's murder in April, but local officials had to work with the federal prison system to fly him here for his arraignment.

Smith was on probation for another drug conviction at the time of Payne's murder - and is in a federal prison for his conviction for a drug sale made three months after her death.

A second man, Michael Balba of Billerica, allegedly drove Smith, his alleged crack dealer, to the murder scene. Although he is not charged with the murder itself, he was indicted on charges he lied about driving Smith to and from Mission Hill.

Innocent, etc.

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