COMMONWEALTH v. GALLAGHER


408 Mass. 510 (1990)

562 N.E.2d 80

COMMONWEALTH vs. FRANCIS J. GALLAGHER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

November 8, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. LaChance (Stephen E. Dawley with him) for the defendant.

LaDonna J. Hatton, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., NOLAN LYNCH, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.


GREANEY, J.

A jury in the Superior Court convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree by reason of extreme atrocity or cruelty. On appeal, the defendant claims error in: (1) the denial of a pretrial voir dire on the voluntariness of statements made by him to three friends and the admission of the statements in evidence; (2) the admission of evidence of his prior convictions; (3) the denial of a mistrial after a witness stated before the jury that the defendant...

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