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COMMONWEALTH v. BURTS

No. 05-P-309.

68 Mass. App. Ct. 684 (2007)

COMMONWEALTH vs. JOVAN BURTS.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 17, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juliane Balliro for the defendant.

Kathleen Celio, Assistant District Attorney (Mark T. Lee, Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

Present: McHugh, Smith, & Mills, JJ.

MILLS, J.

After a six-day jury trial on an indictment for murder in the first degree, the defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree on March 3, 2003. On this direct appeal,1 the defendant complains of (a) ineffective assistance of counsel in four specifics, and (b) denial of a fair and impartial trial because of improprieties in the prosecutor's closing argument. The ineffective claims are (1) counsel's alleged blunders (in...

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