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COMMONWEALTH v. ROMAN

414 Mass. 235 (1993)

606 N.E.2d 1333

COMMONWEALTH vs. NORMA ROMAN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

January 28, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven J. Rappaport for the defendant.

Barbara F. Berenson, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

ABRAMS, J.

Norma Roman (defendant) appeals from two convictions of possession of heroin with intent to distribute, second offense.1 The defendant claims that she lacked criminal responsibility because she suffers from multiple personality disorder (MPD). On appeal the defendant challenges the judge's exclusion of a psychiatrist's letter, thereby limiting an expert's testimony, and the judge's instruction to the jury

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