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COMMONWEALTH v. NOVO

449 Mass. 84 (2007)

COMMONWEALTH v. RUI NOVO.

Supreme Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

May 8, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana Alan Curhan for the defendant.

Tara L. Blackman, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: Marshall, C.J., Greaney, Ireland, Cowin, & Cordy, JJ.

GREANEY, J.

A jury in the Superior Court convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree by reason of extreme atrocity or cruelty. The victim was the two and one-half year old son of the defendant's girl friend. Represented by new counsel on appeal, the defendant claims that a new trial is warranted because of evidentiary errors in the admission of (a) a handwritten statement by the victim's mother; (b) testimony of...

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