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COMMONWEALTH v. LITTLE

431 Mass. 782 (2000)

COMMONWEALTH v. MESHACH LITTLE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 21, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda J. Thompson for the defendant.

Christopher Pohl, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

GREANEY, J.

A jury in the Superior Court convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree on the theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty and of unlawful possession of a firearm.1 He is represented by new counsel on appeal. We conclude that errors in portions of the instructions to the jury on voluntary manslaughter created a substantial likelihood of a miscarriage of justice. Accordingly,...

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