COMMONWEALTH v. FERREIRA


381 Mass. 306 (1980)

409 N.E.2d 188

COMMONWEALTH vs. DANIEL K. FERREIRA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

August 6, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel E. Callahan for the defendant.

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

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


ABRAMS, J.

Convicted of murder in the first degree for the slaying of Officer John Ruggiero, a member of the Fall River police department, Daniel K. Ferreira appeals to this court pursuant to G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G. On appeal Ferreira argues three assignments of error: (1) that the judge erred in his rulings which limited to impeachment purposes only evidence on a material issue showing state of mind of the Commonwealth...

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