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COMMONWEALTH v. FICKLING

434 Mass. 9 (2001)

COMMONWEALTH v. PAUL LASHAWN FICKLING.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

April 20, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles K. Stephenson for the defendant.

Marcia B. Julian, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: GREANEY, SPINA, COWIN, & CORDY, JJ.

CORDY, J.

A jury convicted the defendant, Paul Lashawn Fickling, of murder in the first degree of both his infant daughter and her mother, by reason of extreme atrocity or cruelty. On appeal, the defendant claims that the judge erred in denying his motion for a required finding of not guilty on the indictment charging him with the murder of his daughter when only a manslaughter charge was merited by the evidence. He also...

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