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COMMONWEALTH v. VAZQUEZ

419 Mass. 350 (1995)

COMMONWEALTH vs. MIGUEL A. VAZQUEZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

January 20, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley W. Norkunas for the defendant.

Michael Adam Chinman, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, LYNCH, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.

LYNCH, J.

The defendant was found guilty by a Superior Court jury of murder in the first degree by reason of extreme atrocity or cruelty. In this appeal, the defendant contends that: (1) his excessive consumption of alcohol debilitated his mental condition, such that, as a matter of law, he was incapable of forming the specific intent required for a murder conviction; (2) the prosecutor's closing argument was prejudicial...

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