COMMONWEALTH v. MARQUETTY


416 Mass. 445 (1993)

622 N.E.2d 632

COMMONWEALTH vs. WILLIAM M. MARQUETTY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

November 18, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Couture for the defendant.

Elspeth B. Cypher, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


LYNCH, J.

A jury in the Superior Court convicted the defendant, William M. Marquetty, of murder in the first degree on the basis of deliberate premeditation and with extreme atrocity or cruelty. Represented by new counsel on appeal, the defendant claims error because: (1) the Commonwealth introduced testimony concerning a knife seized from the defendant's automobile, but did not produce the knife at trial; (2) the prosecutor...

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