COMMONWEALTH v. ORTIZ

SJC-10274.

463 Mass. 402 (2012)

COMMONWEALTH v. EUCLIDES ORTIZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Suffolk.

September 10, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Fallon for the defendant.

Joseph M. Ditkoff , Assistant District Attorney ( Edmond J. Zabin , Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

Present: IRELAND, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, GANTS, & DUFFLY, JJ.


IRELAND, C.J.

On February 8, 2006, a jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree on theories of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty. Represented by new counsel on appeal, the defendant argues error in (1) the admission of hearsay; (2) the admission of expert testimony; (3) the prosecutor's questioning of a witness; (4) the prosecutor's closing argument; and (5) the judge's instructions to the jury. We affirm the defendant's conviction...

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