LYNCH, J.
On February 4, 1986, the defendant, Michael F. Skinner, was found guilty by a jury of both murder in the first degree and unlawfully carrying a firearm. He timely appealed from the murder conviction, citing as error the trial judge's supplemental instruction in response to a jury question regarding deliberate premeditation.
Represented by new counsel, Skinner filed a motion for a new trial in this court, raising the same error as that noted in his...
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