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COMMONWEALTH v. LATIMORE

378 Mass. 671 (1979)

393 N.E.2d 370

COMMONWEALTH vs. WILLIE R. LATIMORE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

August 7, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reuben S. Dawkins for the defendant.

William A. Schroeder, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, KAPLAN, WILKINS, & LIACOS, JJ.

QUIRICO, J.

The defendant Willie R. Latimore was convicted of murder in the first degree for killing Philip Poirier in a fight between the two men at a tavern. On this appeal, the defendant argues that it was error to deny his separate motions for directed verdicts of not guilty, not guilty of murder in the first degree, and not guilty of murder in the second degree. He also argues that error was committed in excluding a certain question on cross-examination. Finally...

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