COMMONWEALTH v. NUNES


430 Mass. 1 (1999)

COMMONWEALTH v. EMERY NUNES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

July 1, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Doyle for the defendant.

David Keighley, 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 on a theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty, the defendant, Emery Nunes, appeals. The defendant asserts that the judge erred in admitting a statement of the deceased as a spontaneous utterance. He also asserts that the judge's instructions created a substantial likelihood of a miscarriage of justice. Finally, he contends that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel at trial. The defendant asks that we use...

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