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COMMONWEALTH v. JOHNSON

426 Mass. 617 (1998)

COMMONWEALTH v. GEORGE JOHNSON, JR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

February 5, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven J. Rappaport for the defendant.

Jane Davidson Montori, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

FRIED, J.

The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree by reason of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty.1 He sought to persuade the jury that he acted either in self-defense or at least out of fear of the victim, and he complains that, among other errors at trial, errors in the trial judge's charge prevented the jury from properly considering those claims. We affirm the conviction and decline to exercise...

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