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COMMONWEALTH v. ASHMAN

430 Mass. 736 (2000)

COMMONWEALTH v. DENTON A. ASHMAN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 9, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin J. Mahoney for the defendant.

Jane A. Sullivan, Assistant District Attorney (David E. Meier, Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., ABRAMS, GREANEY, IRELAND, & COWIN, JJ.

COWIN, J.

The defendant, Denton A. Ashman, was convicted of murder in the first degree, based on both deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty. We affirm the conviction and decline to exercise our power under G. L. c. 278, § 33E, to reduce the murder verdict to second degree or to order a new trial.

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