COMMONWEALTH v. LEE


383 Mass. 507 (1981)

419 N.E.2d 1378

COMMONWEALTH vs. ROBERT M. Lee.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

May 5, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliot M. Weinstein for the defendant.

William E. Loughlin, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


LIACOS, J.

This is a murder for hire case. The defense was alibi. A Worcester County jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree on May 26, 1977. He appeals from the conviction under G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G.

The defendant argues that the trial judge committed reversible error by his jury instructions on malice, his refusal to include a charge on involuntary manslaughter, his denial of the defendant's motion for a directed verdict, and...

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