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COMMONWEALTH v. DIAS

419 Mass. 698 (1995)

COMMONWEALTH vs. EDWARD J. DIAS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

March 13, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Passalacqua for the defendant.

Cynthia A. Vincent, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

WILKINS, J.

On November 9, 1991, a jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree on the theory of felony-murder.1 The defendant has appealed from his conviction and argues further that the judge erred in denying his motion for a new trial because, as he claims, the jury verdict was not unanimous. After explaining that the judge's instructions on the theory of felony-murder were adequate...

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