COMMONWEALTH v. WATERS


399 Mass. 708 (1987)

506 N.E.2d 859

COMMONWEALTH vs. KENNETH WATERS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

April 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey R. Peters for the defendant.

Karen J. Kepler, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


HENNESSEY, C.J.

The defendant appeals from his convictions of murder in the first degree and armed robbery. The defendant's principal contentions are that the judge failed to conduct voir dire examinations to determine the voluntariness of the defendant's inculpatory statements made to private persons, failed to instruct the jury properly on voluntariness, erred in admitting a "mug shot" of the defendant and photographs of the victim's body, and erred in denying the...

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