COMMONWEALTH v. JONES


432 Mass. 623 (2000)

COMMONWEALTH v. PHILLIP JONES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 16, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Couture for the defendant.

Cathryn A. Neaves, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, & SOSMAN, JJ.


MARSHALL, C.J.

A jury found the defendant guilty of being an accessory before the fact to murder in the first degree committed with deliberate premeditation. He contends on appeal that (1) the trial judge erred in denying his motion for a required finding of not guilty; (2) the judge erred by failing to instruct the jury on the effect of prior inconsistent statements adopted by a witness as true; (3) the prosecutor's closing...

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