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COMMONWEALTH v. DAVIS

403 Mass. 575 (1988)

531 N.E.2d 577

COMMONWEALTH vs. ARTHUR DAVIS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

December 14, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brownlow M. Speer, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Fern L. Nesson, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

ABRAMS, J.

Convicted of murder in the first degree, the defendant appeals, alleging error in (1) the admission of his statements to the police; (2) the denial of his motion for a required finding; (3) the denial of his request for an instruction on voluntary manslaughter; and (4) the instructions on malice. The defendant asks that we exercise our power under G.L.c. 278, § 33E, and reduce the verdict to manslaughter. We conclude that there is no reversible error...

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