COMMONWEALTH v. GRAHAM


431 Mass. 282 (2000)

COMMONWEALTH v. DONALD S. GRAHAM.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

April 20, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana Alan Curhan for the defendant.

Catherine B. Sullivan Ledwidge, Assistant District Attorney (John P. Letourneau, Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, GREANEY, & COWIN, JJ.


LYNCH, J.

The defendant appeals from his conviction of murder in the first degree on the theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty for killing the victim with an arrow fired from a crossbow the defendant kept in the trunk of his automobile. The arrow used was designed to kill big game such as bear, elk, antelope, deer, and boar by promoting rapid bleeding.1 The defendant through counsel raises two...

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