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COMMONWEALTH v. FITZMEYER

414 Mass. 540 (1993)

609 N.E.2d 81

COMMONWEALTH vs. WILLIAM FITZMEYER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 10, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana A. Curhan for the defendant.

Vincent R. McDonough, Assistant District Attorney (Mary K. Ames, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., ABRAMS, NOLAN, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.

GREANEY, J.

A jury in the Superior Court convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree by reason of extreme atrocity or cruelty.1 Represented by new counsel on appeal, the defendant argues that (1) the judge erred in limiting defense counsel's cross-examination of a prosecution witness on an issue that was important to the defense; (2) the prosecutor engaged in improper final argument; (3) the judge erred in failing to instruct...

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