COMMONWEALTH v. DeMARCO


444 Mass. 678 (2005)

COMMONWEALTH v. CHRISTOPHER DEMARCO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

July 15, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey L. Baler for the defendant.

Varsha Kukafka, Assistant District Attorney (Susan T. Corcoran, Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

Present: MARSHALI, C.J., IRELAND, SPINA, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.


MARSHALL, C.J.

On August 9, 2000, the defendant fatally strangled the victim, his wife. A Superior Court jury found the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree on theories of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty. Represented by new counsel on appeal, the defendant, who testified at trial that he had killed the victim during a fight, argues that the trial judge erred by admitting evidence of the...

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