COMMONWEALTH v. COSME


410 Mass. 746 (1991)

575 N.E.2d 726

COMMONWEALTH vs. JULIO COSME.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

July 17, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles K. Stephenson for the defendant.

Catherine E. Sullivan, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.


GREANEY, J.

A jury in the Superior Court convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree of his brother, murder in the second degree of his girl friend, and unlawfully carrying a handgun. Represented by new counsel on appeal, the defendant argues that the prosecutor's closing argument gave rise to a substantial likelihood of a miscarriage of justice. We reject this contention. We also conclude that there is no reason to exercise our power under G.L.c. 278, ...

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