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COMMONWEALTH v. ESTREMERA

383 Mass. 382 (1981)

419 N.E.2d 835

COMMONWEALTH vs. HIRAM ESTREMERA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

April 13, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. McEvilly (John J. Curley, III, with him) for the defendant.

Daniel F. Toomey, Assistant District Attorney (Richard Withstandley, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

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

HENNESSEY, C.J.

Some time after midnight on June 21, 1979, Angel Luis Allende was shot in the face and killed by the defendant, Hiram Estremera, a police officer with the Worcester Housing Authority. The killing occurred while Allende was handcuffed and sitting in the back seat of a police cruiser driven by Estremera. The key issue at trial was Estremera's criminal responsibility. A jury found Estremera guilty of murder in the second degree. He appeals pursuant to...

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