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COMMONWEALTH v. GROOME

435 Mass. 201 (2001)

COMMONWEALTH v. PETER GROOME.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Barnstable.

October 5, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine K. Byrne, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Julia K. Holler, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

SOSMAN, J.

The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree (committed with deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty).1 On appeal, the defendant argues that his confession should have been suppressed and that the judge erred in not instructing the jury on voluntary manslaughter. He also asks that we exercise our power under G. L. c. 278, § 33E, to reduce the verdict or grant him a new trial. We decline to...

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