COMMONWEALTH v. GASKINS


419 Mass. 809 (1995)

COMMONWEALTH vs. TONY B. GASKINS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

March 31, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosemary Curran Scapicchio for the defendant.

S. Jane Haggerty, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


WILKINS, J.

The defendant appeals from his conviction of murder in the first degree on the theories of deliberate premeditation and felony-murder. He argues that (1) the judge erred in denying his motion for a required finding of not guilty, (2) the jury instructions were defective concerning the possibility of a verdict of murder in the second degree, (3) the composition of the jury pool should have been challenged, and (4) defense counsel was ineffective in failing...

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