COMMONWEALTH v. MEDEIROS


395 Mass. 336 (1985)

479 N.E.2d 1371

COMMONWEALTH vs. GILBERT A. MEDEIROS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

July 9, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond A. Letourneau (John P. Letourneau with him) for the defendant.

Phillip L. Weiner, Assistant District Attorney (Dana A. Curhan, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

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


HENNESSEY, C.J.

The defendant, Gilbert A. Medeiros, is appealing his conviction by a jury in the Superior Court for the murder in the second degree of William N. Lawrence. He contends that the trial judge erred in: (1) failing to instruct the jury properly on the lesser included offense of involuntary manslaughter; (2) denying the defendant's motion to suppress statements made to the police; (3) informing the jury, during his charge, that the Commonwealth does not...

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