COMMONWEALTH v. HINDS


450 Mass. 1 (2007)

COMMONWEALTH v. JOHN J. HINDS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

October 26, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myles D. Jacobson for the defendant.

Adrienne C. Lynch, Assistant District Attorney (Marguerite T. Grant, Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, COWIN, CORDY, & BOTSFORD, JJ.


GREANEY, J.

The defendant was convicted by a jury on two indictments charging murder in the first degree (on the theory of deliberate premeditation) and on an indictment charging assault with intent to murder while armed with a dangerous weapon.1 He is represented by new counsel on appeal. The principal issues are whether an important part of the trial judge's instruction on how the jury should evaluate expert testimony was erroneous,...

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