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COMMONWEALTH v. PAINTEN

429 Mass. 536 (1999)

COMMONWEALTH v. HEATHER PAINTEN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

May 6, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary F. Costello for the defendant.

Elspeth B. Cypher, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

LYNCH, J.

The defendant was convicted of armed robbery and murder in the first degree by reason of deliberate premeditation, extreme atrocity or cruelty, and felony-murder. On appeal,1 the defendant claims that (1) the motion judge erred in denying her motion to suppress various statements made to the police; (2) the trial judge erred in denying her motions for a continuance and an updated competency examination filed on the last day of...

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