COMMONWEALTH v. CLARK


432 Mass. 1 (2000)

COMMONWEALTH v. DAVID R. CLARK.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

June 29, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Cunha, Jr. (Charles Allan Hope with him) for the defendant.

Robert C. Thompson, Assistant District Attorney (James M. Sullivan, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

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


ABRAMS, J.

A jury convicted the defendant, David R. Clark, of murder in the first degree based on a theory of deliberate premeditation. The defendant claims error arising from the denial of his pretrial motions. The defendant also alleges that the judge erred in allowing a view of the murder site; in declining to excuse certain jurors for cause; and in failing to instruct the jurors on manslaughter. Further, the defendant claims that a single justice of this court...

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