COMMONWEALTH v. WARD


412 Mass. 395 (1992)

590 N.E.2d 173

COMMONWEALTH vs. STEVEN WARD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

April 8, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. O'Neill, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Kevin J. Mahoney, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


WILKINS, J.

After this court upheld the transfer of the defendant from the juvenile to the adult system (Ward v. Commonwealth, 407 Mass. 434 [1990]), a jury convicted him of murder in the first degree by reason of extreme atrocity or cruelty. In this appeal, Ward challenges (1) the denial of his motion to suppress certain statements that he made to the police and (2) the judge's instruction concerning the consequences...

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