COMMONWEALTH v. LACASSE


1 Mass. App. Ct. 590 (1973)

304 N.E.2d 438

COMMONWEALTH vs. FERNAND J. LACASSE.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

December 11, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis J. DeMento (Thomas C. Cameron with him) for the defendant.

John J. Jennings, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HALE, C.J., ROSE, & GRANT, JJ.


HALE, C.J.

The defendant was tried on an indictment charging the first degree murder of one Bruce Jordan. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter. The case is before us on the defendant's appeal under G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G. Error is alleged in the exclusion of certain evidence and in the trial judge's charge to the jury.

There was evidence from which the jury could have found the following. The decedent was a tenant in an apartment...

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