COMMONWEALTH v. SIMMONS


419 Mass. 426 (1995)

COMMONWEALTH vs. RICHARD M. SIMMONS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

February 8, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana A. Curhan for the defendant.

David W. Cunis, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


GREANEY, J.

The defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree by reason of extreme atrocity or cruelty. Represented by new counsel on appeal, he argues that there should be a new trial because the judge erred in (1) admitting in evidence photographs, showing the crime scene and the victim, and a videotape of the crime scene; (2) qualifying a chemist from the Department of Public Safety as an expert on blood pattern analysis; (3) denying a motion for a mistrial...

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