COMMONWEALTH v. CARNEY

No. SJC-11092.

472 Mass. 252 (2015)

COMMONWEALTH v. CARNEY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

July 20, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Jay Black for the defendant.

Tara L. Blackman, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: GANTS, CJ., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, DUFFLY, LENK, & HINES, JJ.


The defendant was convicted of deliberately premeditated murder. On appeal he asserts error in the admission in evidence of (1) an autopsy photograph, and (2) a BB rifle together with ammunition that were unrelated to the killing. He also argues that the prosecutor's closing argument was improper. We affirm the conviction and decline the...

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