COMMONWEALTH v. BURNS

No. 98-P-320.

49 Mass. App. Ct. 677 (2000)

COMMONWEALTH v. LEE ANDREW BURNS.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 13, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Johnedis for the defendant.

Joseph M. Makalusky, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: ARMSTRONG, C.J., GILLERMAN, & PORADA, JJ.


ARMSTRONG, C.J.

Appealing from his December, 1996, second degree murder conviction and his conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm, the defendant, Lee Andrew Burns, challenges the prosecutor's closing argument, the admission of evidence of an unrelated shooting as bearing on his motive, and the jury instructions.

Jamiyl Gross, the Commonwealth's key witness at trial, testified that on January 4, 1995...

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