COMMONWEALTH v. BROUSSEAU


421 Mass. 647 (1996)

COMMONWEALTH vs. BRENDA L. BROUSSEAU.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

January 10, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. O'Neill, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Mary O'Neil, Special Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


ABRAMS, J.

Convicted of murder in the first degree, the defendant, Brenda L. Brousseau, appeals. She claims that the trial judge improperly: (1) admitted evidence of prior bad acts; (2) failed to instruct the jury as to the credibility of witnesses testifying pursuant to a plea bargain or grant of immunity; and (3) failed to instruct the jury as to the weight of consciousness of guilt evidence. The defendant also asks that...

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