COMMONWEALTH v. SIMMONS


383 Mass. 40 (1981)

417 N.E.2d 430

COMMONWEALTH vs. NORMAN SIMMONS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 26, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Leahy for the defendant.

Matthew L. McGrant, III, Assistant District Attorney (Michael J. Traft, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

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


HENNESSEY, C.J.

This is an appeal, on direct appellate review, from the defendant's manslaughter conviction. The defendant's several assignments of error all relate to the trial judge's charge to the jury. We conclude that there was no error and affirm the judgment.

We summarize the evidence. The defendant had an argument and a fist fight with the victim, Allen Williams, on the afternoon of March 25, 1978, near the Cathedral housing project in Boston. Both...

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