TAURO, C.J.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree on an indictment charging him with murder in the first degree.
The defendant's appeal (G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G) is based on two grounds: (1) "that the finding of malice, implicit in the murder verdict, was most inappropriate," and thus this court, in the proper exercise of its powers under G.L.c. 278, § 33E, should either grant a new trial or order that the verdict be reduced...
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