COMMONWEALTH v. EUGENE


438 Mass. 343 (2003)

COMMONWEALTH v. JOSEPH EUGENE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

January 2, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlo A. Obligato, Committee for Public Counsel Services (Christopher Skinner, Committee for Public Counsel Services, with him) for the defendant.

Gregory I. Massing, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


SOSMAN, J.

The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree on the theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty in connection with the July 30, 1997, stabbing death of the woman with whom he lived. On appeal, the defendant claims error in three evidentiary rulings at trial: (1) the admission of an abuse prevention order obtained by the victim five months prior to the killing, (2) the exclusion of portions of the defendant's statement to the police, and (3) the exclusion...

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