WILKINS, J.
A jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree, unlawful possession of a sawed-off shotgun, and use of a shotgun while committing a felony. On the defendant's motion, the judge reduced the murder verdict to murder in the second degree, and sentenced the defendant to a mandatory term of life imprisonment. See Mass. R. Crim. P. 25 (b) (2), 378 Mass. 896 (1979).
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