HENNESSEY, C.J.
After a jury trial in the Superior Court, the defendant, who had been indicted on a charge of murder in the first degree, was convicted of murder in the second degree. He appealed pursuant to G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G. He argues that the judge's instructions to the jury were erroneous, particularly in their failure to place the burden of proof on the Commonwealth as to the issues of self-defense and reasonable provocation. The defendant also...
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