COMMONWEALTH v. CORMIER


427 Mass. 446 (1998)

COMMONWEALTH v. JAMES L. CORMIER

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

May 14, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher P. Hodgens, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


FRIED, J.

The defendant, James L. Cormier, was convicted of murder in the first degree committed with extreme atrocity or cruelty. He brings a number of challenges to the conviction: (1) the judge committed reversible error in denying the defendant's motion in limine to exclude evidence of prior bad acts; (2) the defendant was denied the effective assistance of counsel because his trial counsel failed to offer psychological evidence relevant to issues of capacity...

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