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COMMONWEALTH v. SHERIFF

425 Mass. 186 (1997)

COMMONWEALTH v. JIMMY J. SHERIFF.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

June 11, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Traft (Leo McAuliffe with him) for the defendant.

Rosemary Daly Mellor, Assistant District Attorney (Adrienne C. Lynch, Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., LYNCH, O'CONNOR, FRIED, & MARSHALL, JJ.

LYNCH, J.

The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree by reason of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty for the stabbing and bludgeoning death of his wife. On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) the judge improperly instructed the jury regarding his commitment to Bridgewater State Hospital; (2) the judge neither ruled on the question of the voluntariness of certain statements made by the...

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