SMITH, J.
On December 29, 1995, a Hampden County grand jury returned an indictment charging the defendant with murder in the first degree. After a jury trial on September 11, 1996, he was convicted of murder in the second degree.
On appeal, the defendant claims that the judge committed error by (1) answering a question from the deliberating jury out of the presence of counsel and the defendant and without consulting counsel before responding; (2) ordering...
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