COMMONWEALTH v. VAZQUEZ


387 Mass. 96 (1982)

438 N.E.2d 856

COMMONWEALTH vs. JAIRO VAZQUEZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

August 5, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. O'Donovan for the defendant.

Dyanne Klein Polatin, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.


ABRAMS, J.

The defendant appeals seven convictions of murder in the second degree on seven indictments which charged murder in the first degree,1 and a conviction of arson.2 The defendant claims error in (1) the denial of his motion to suppress; (2) the failure of the judge to instruct the jury on the issue of voluntariness; (3) the exclusion of testimony by a defense psychiatrist as to whether the defendant...

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