COMMONWEALTH v. SHARPE

SJC-08986

454 Mass. 135 (2009)

COMMONWEALTH v. DARRELL SHARPE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

June 22, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Shea for the defendant.

Laurie S. Yeshulas, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, BOTSFORD, & GANTS, JJ.


SPINA, J.

The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree on all three theories: deliberate premeditation, extreme atrocity or cruelty, and felony-murder. The victim was his girl friend. On appeal he alleges error in (1) the admission of hearsay statements of the victim to show her state of mind; (2) the admission of evidence of his prior bad acts toward other women; (3) the admission of evidence of his prior bad acts toward the victim; (4) the refusal to...

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