COMMONWEALTH v. DONOVAN


422 Mass. 349 (1996)

COMMONWEALTH vs. JOSEPH DONOVAN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

March 29, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Rosemary Daly Mellor, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


LYNCH, J.

A jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree by reason of felony-murder. The defendant was also convicted of armed robbery. On appeal, he contends that the trial judge committed error when he failed to: (1) give a requested instruction on assault and battery; (2) give an instruction on involuntary manslaughter; and (3) supplement the given instruction on murder in the second degree. The defendant also claims: improper admission of prejudicial...

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