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COMMONWEALTH v. SLEEPER

435 Mass. 581 (2002)

COMMONWEALTH v. JOSEPH SLEEPER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

January 10, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Newman for the defendant.

Thomas H. Townsend, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

SPINA, J.

The defendant appeals from his conviction of murder in the first degree on a theory of deliberate premeditation,1 and the denial of his motion for a new trial.2 On appeal, he makes twenty-nine assignments of error3 and requests relief under G. L. c. 278, § 33E. We affirm the conviction.

1. Background. The underlying facts that led to the killing of...

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