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COMMONWEALTH v. TROILA

410 Mass. 203 (1991)

571 N.E.2d 391

COMMONWEALTH vs. MATTHEW TROILA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 20, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Abbott for the defendant.

Nijole Makaitis, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

NOLAN, J.

The defendant appeals from his conviction of murder in the first degree. He argues that (1) his trial was barred because it constituted impermissible double jeopardy, (2) the judge improperly excluded evidence which tended to show that someone else committed the crime, and (3) the judge improperly instructed the jury. We determine that the trial was not barred by double jeopardy principles, the evidence was properly...

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