COMMONWEALTH v. JENNER


426 Mass. 163 (1997)

COMMONWEALTH v. ROBERT E. JENNER

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

November 19, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Ferg, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Gail M. McKenna, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


LYNCH, J.A.

jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree without specifying the theory on which the conviction was based.1 On appeal, the defendant contends the trial judge erred in (1) admitting the victim's statements that she feared the defendant; and (2) instructing the jury regarding extreme atrocity or cruelty. He also requests that, pursuant to our plenary power under G....

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