COMMONWEALTH v. A JUVENILE (NO. 1)


396 Mass. 108 (1985)

483 N.E.2d 822

COMMONWEALTH vs. A JUVENILE (No. 1).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

October 16, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra L. Hautanen (Paul V. Buckley with her) for the defendant.

Robert Tochka, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


HENNESSEY, C.J.

The juvenile was adjudicated a delinquent by reason of murder in the first degree following a jury trial in the Boston Juvenile Court. The juvenile was thereupon remanded to the custody of the Department of Youth Services. He appeals, challenging the propriety of the judge's charge to the jury and of the judge's answer to an interrogatory posed by the jury.

On appeal, the juvenile argues three errors...

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