O'CONNOR, J.
A jury found the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree. On appeal, the defendant argues that the trial judge erred by admitting in evidence for impeachment purposes the defendant's record of a conviction of assault with intent to commit rape. In addition, the defendant urges us to reduce the verdict to murder in the second degree pursuant to G.L.c. 278, § 33E (1992 ed.). We conclude that the judge did not err and that we should not reduce...
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