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COMMONWEALTH v. REYNOLDS

429 Mass. 388 (1999)

COMMONWEALTH v. JOHN REYNOLDS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 15, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max D. Stern (Patricia L. Garin with him) for the defendant.

Eric Neyman, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Matthew H. Feinberg & Matthew A. Kamholtz for National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, GREANEY, & FRIED, JJ.

ABRAMS, J.

A jury found the defendant, John Reynolds, guilty of murder in the first degree on the theories of extreme atrocity or cruelty and premeditation, G. L. c. 265, § 1, and of wilfully and maliciously burning a motor vehicle, G. L. c. 266, § 5. The defendant appeals. The defendant claims the trial judge erred in restricting his cross-examination of the chief police investigator on deficiencies in the police investigation, and in denying him the right...

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