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COMMONWEALTH v. MERCADO

SJC-09831.

456 Mass. 198 (2010)

COMMONWEALTH v. JOSE M. MERCADO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

March 3, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Neyman for the defendant.

Robert C. Thompson, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

MARSHALL, C.J.

A Superior Court jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree on a theory of deliberate premeditation.1 On appeal he advances four arguments: (1) the trial judge impermissibly restricted his right to cross-examine a Commonwealth witness; (2) the judge's instruction on mental impairment did not provide adequate guidance to the jury on how to evaluate the evidence of mental impairment as it pertained to premeditation...

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