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COMMONWEALTH v. LANG

SJC-10405.

473 Mass. 1 (2015)

COMMONWEALTH, v. FRANCIS LANG.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

October 1, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruth Greenberg for the defendant.

John P. Zanini , Assistant District Attorney ( Edmond J. Zabin , Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

Leslie W. O'Brien , for Richard M. Boucher, Jr., amicus curiae, submitted a brief. [JI]

Present: GANTS, C.J., CORDY, DUFFLY, LENK, & HINES, JJ.

BY THE COURT. The defendant was convicted in 2006 of murder in the first degree on the theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty. While his direct appeal was pending here, he moved for a new trial on two grounds: first, he claimed that the court room was improperly closed to the public during the jury selection phase of the case; second, he claimed that his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to investigate his mental history, thereby...

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