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COMMONWEALTH v. PAYNE

426 Mass. 692 (1998)

COMMONWEALTH v. MICHAEL PAYNE (and seven companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 17, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Page Kelley for Marcus Edwards.

David P. Hoose for Michael Payne.

Jane A. Sullivan, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

LYNCH, J.

A jury convicted each of the defendants, Michael Payne and Marcus Edwards, on two indictments charging murder in the first degree,2 one indictment charging armed robbery, and one indictment charging possession of a handgun without a license. On appeal, both defendants contend that (1) the prosecutor's closing argument was improper; (2) the judge's instructions to the jury were erroneous in several respects; and (3) their armed...

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