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COMMONWEALTH v. EAGLES

419 Mass. 825 (1995)

COMMONWEALTH vs. MICHAEL J. EAGLES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

April 4, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Ferg for the defendant.

Robert C. Thompson, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

GREANEY, J.

The defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree by reason of extreme atrocity or cruelty and felony-murder1 and of armed robbery. Represented by new counsel on appeal, he argues error in the denial of his motion to suppress and in the jury instructions on malice, mental impairment, and felony-murder. He also argues that we should abolish the felony-murder doctrine. In the alternative, the defendant urges that we...

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