COMMONWEALTH v. PULEIO


394 Mass. 101 (1985)

474 N.E.2d 1078

COMMONWEALTH vs. JOSEPH A. PULEIO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

February 25, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Grossberg for the defendant.

Dyanne Klein Polatin, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


O'CONNOR, J.

After a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The defendant alleges five errors. He argues that the trial judge (1) impermissibly restricted his efforts to impeach a key Commonwealth witness; (2) admitted in evidence inadmissible hearsay; (3) erroneously failed to define for the jury the word "malice" during his charge; (4) incorrectly instructed the jury on transferred intent; and...

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