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COMMONWEALTH v. CYR

425 Mass. 89 (1997)

COMMONWEALTH v. JAMES R. CYR, JR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Franklin.

May 27, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Hoose (Judith Wideman with him) for the defendant.

Judith Ellen Pietras, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, FRIED, & MARSHALL, JJ.

ABRAMS, J.

After trial by jury, James R. Cyr, Jr., was convicted of murder in the first degree by reason of deliberate premeditation and of arson.1 On appeal, the defendant argues that the judge's evidentiary rulings on the victim's state of mind were erroneous. The defendant asserts that the erroneously admitted evidence was unfairly prejudicial and undermined his defense. Therefore, the defendant...

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