COMMONWEALTH v. GRASSIE

SJC-12061.

476 Mass. 202 (2017)

COMMONWEALTH v. BRYAN M. GRASSIE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

January 6, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth H. Anderson for the defendant.

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

Argie K. Shapiro , Assistant Attorney General, for the Attorney General, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., BOTSFORD, LENK, HINES, LOWY, & BUDD, JJ.


The defendant appeals from his convictions of murder in the second degree and a related charge. He argues that, based on the evidence presented at trial and the prosecutor's closing argument, his murder conviction should be reversed or reduced to a conviction of manslaughter. We conclude that there was sufficient evidence to convict...

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