COMMONWEALTH v. KNIGHT


437 Mass. 487 (2002)

COMMONWEALTH v. EDWARD KNIGHT.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 12, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward B. Gaffney for the defendant.

Jane A. Sullivan, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


CORDY, J.

Edward Knight appeals from his conviction of murder in the first degree on theories of deliberate premeditation, extreme atrocity or cruelty, and felony-murder.1 He also appeals from the denial of his motion for a new trial, which is now consolidated with his direct appeal. Knight claims the trial judge erred in (1) allowing the Commonwealth's motion to amend the indictment to change the date of the victim's death; (2) precluding...

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