COMMONWEALTH v. McLAUGHLIN


433 Mass. 558 (2001)

COMMONWEALTH v. FRANKLIN MCLAUGHLIN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 22, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nona E. Walker, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Linda M. Poulos, Assistant District Attorney (John P. Puleo, Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

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


IRELAND, J.

The defendant, Franklin McLaughlin, appealed from his conviction of murder in the second degree. In an unpublished memorandum and order pursuant to its rule 1:28, the Appeals Court affirmed the conviction. Commonwealth v. McLaughlin, 48 Mass.App.Ct. 1116 (2000). We granted the defendant's application for further appellate review. The defendant claims that the judge erred in (1) his instructions to the jury on manslaughter; and (2) his exclusion...

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