COMMONWEALTH v. JEFFERSON


416 Mass. 258 (1993)

620 N.E.2d 768

COMMONWEALTH vs. ANGELA D. JEFFERSON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

October 6, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willie J. Davis for the defendant.

Nijole Makaitis, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


O'CONNOR, J.

After a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree on a theory of deliberately premeditated malice aforethought. She appeals from the conviction and from the denial of her postverdict motion under Mass. R. Crim. P. 25 (b) (2), 378 Mass. 896 (1979), for the setting aside of the verdict and entry of a finding of not guilty or, in the alternative, for a new trial or a reduction of the verdict to manslaughter.

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