COMMONWEALTH v. SARMANIAN.


426 Mass. 405 (1998)

COMMONWEALTH v. EDWARD SARMANIAN, JR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 8, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Campbell (Wayne Stewart with him) for the defendant.

Eric Neyman, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


ABRAMS, J.

Convicted of murder in the first degree by reason of extreme atrocity or cruelty, the defendant, Edward Sarmanian, Jr., appeals. The defendant also appeals from an order denying his motion for a new trial based on ineffective assistance of counsel. On appeal the defendant claims that counsel was ineffective for failing to call additional witnesses on the issue of his mental capacity due to drug and alcohol intoxication as well as for failing to object to...

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