COMMONWEALTH v. NOBLE


429 Mass. 44 (1999)

COMMONWEALTH v. KEVIN V. NOBLE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

February 18, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol A. Donovan, Committee for Public Counsel Services (Beverly J. Cannone, Committee for Public Counsel Services, with her) for the defendant.

Brian A. Wilson, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Michael J. Sullivan, District Attorney, & Robert C. Thompson, Assistant District Attorney, for the District Attorney for the Plymouth District, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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


ABRAMS, J.

The defendant, Kevin V. Noble, has appealed from his conviction of murder in the second degree. We granted his application for direct appellate review. The defendant's principal contention is that the trial judge erred in his self-defense instructions. The defendant also argues that his motion to dismiss the indictment should have been allowed because the grand jurors were not informed of the elements of murder...

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