CORDY, J.
In the early morning of September 14, 2001, while his friend Matthew Valli slept, the defendant repeatedly stabbed him, killing him, and then, using a different knife, stabbed another friend, Brooke Pelletier, while she slept, injuring her. A jury rejected the defendant's claim that he was not criminally responsible under the standards set forth in Commonwealth v. McHoul,
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