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COMMONWEALTH v. WATKINS

377 Mass. 385 (1979)

385 N.E.2d 1387

COMMONWEALTH vs. THEODORE NEAL WATKINS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

February 22, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willie J. Davis for the defendant.

Susan C. Mormino, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

ABRAMS, J.

Pursuant to G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, the defendant Theodore Neal Watkins appeals his convictions for the murder in the first degree and the kidnapping of Eddie Keen. Watkins argues no assignments of error.1 Instead, he claims that we should grant relief under G.L.c. 278, § 33E, for either of two reasons: (1) that the trial judge erroneously instructed the jury concerning the concept of "reasonable doubt," or (2...

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