COMMONWEALTH v. SEABROOKS


425 Mass. 507 (1997)

COMMONWEALTH v. SEAN SEABROOKS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampshire.

July 21, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Passalacqua for the defendant.

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

Present: (SITTING AT SPRINGFIELD): WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, O'CONNOR, GREANEY, FRIED, & MARSHALL, JJ.


ABRAMS, J.

After trial by jury, the defendant, Sean Seabrooks, was convicted of murder in the first degree by reason of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty for the killing of his former female companion and their child. On appeal, the defendant argues that he was deprived of his right to present a full and fair defense by the judge's improper exclusion of evidence. The defendant argues that the excluded evidence was relevant and admissible to...

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