COMMONWEALTH v. FANO


400 Mass. 296 (1987)

508 N.E.2d 859

COMMONWEALTH vs. ARTHUR FANO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

June 16, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Sheketoff for the defendant.

Lila Heideman, Assistant District Attorney (Robert N. Weiner, Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

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


ABRAMS, J.

Convicted of murder in the first degree, the defendant, Arthur Fano, appeals.1 See G.L.c. 265, § 1 (1984 ed.). The defendant alleges error in the denial of his motion to exclude evidence of his prior criminal convictions. See G.L.c. 233, § 21 (1984 ed.). The defendant also claims error in the failure of the judge to instruct the jury on the effect of voluntary intoxication...

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