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COMMONWEALTH v. WILLIAMS

SJC-09720.

450 Mass. 879 (2008)

COMMONWEALTH v. ALEXANDER WILLIAMS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 21, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles K. Stephenson for the defendant.

Anne M. Thomas, Assistant District Attorney (Patrick Haggan, Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., IRELAND, SPINA, CORDY, & BOTSFORD, JJ.

BOTSFORD, J.

On May 27, 2003, a jury convicted the defendant, Alexander Williams, of murder in the first degree of Randy Jackson by reason of extreme atrocity or cruelty.1 In a statement made to the police, the defendant admitted that he shot the victim several times but claimed that he had acted in self-defense. Represented by new counsel on appeal, the defendant challenges the judge's instructions on self-defense, arguing that they impermissibly...

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