COMMONWEALTH v. CARRION


407 Mass. 263 (1990)

552 N.E.2d 558

COMMONWEALTH vs. FERNANDO D. CARRION.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 17, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Shapiro (Joshua Dohan with him) for the defendant.

Lauren Inker, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


LYNCH, J.

A Superior Court jury found the defendant, Fernando D. Carrion, guilty of the murder in the first degree of Reynaldo Santiago, based on extreme atrocity or cruelty. On appeal, the defendant asserts that the judge made five errors in the conduct of the trial: (1) in denying him a jury instruction on voluntary manslaughter; (2) in charging the jury on the defendant's choice to remain silent; (3) in excluding a question on cross-examination of the Commonwealth...

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