Commonwealth v. Groome

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts · Decided 2001-10-05

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Sosman, J. The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree (committed with deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty). 1 On appeal, the defendant argues that his confession should have been suppressed and that the judge erred in not instructing the jury on voluntary manslaughter. He also asks that we exercise our power under G. L. c. 278, § 33E, to reduce the verdict or grant h…

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