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COMMONWEALTH v. VIZCARRONDO

431 Mass. 360 (2000)

COMMONWEALTH v. RAMON LUIS VIZCARRONDO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

May 5, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Couture for the defendant.

Elizabeth Dunphy Farris, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

GREANEY, J.

A jury in the Superior Court convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree by reason of extreme atrocity or cruelty.1 Represented by new counsel on appeal, he argues that a new trial should be ordered because (1) the judge erroneously allowed the prosecution to introduce in evidence photographs of the ten month old victim; and (2) the prosecutor's opening statement and final argument contained improper and prejudicial...

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