COMMONWEALTH v. LAPOINTE


402 Mass. 321 (1988)

522 N.E.2d 937

COMMONWEALTH vs. DANIEL L. LAPOINTE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

May 9, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. O'Neill, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Dana A. Curhan, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


LIACOS, J.

The defendant, Daniel L. Lapointe, was indicted by a Bristol County grand jury for the murder in the first degree of Edward LeBlanc. Following a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of manslaughter and was sentenced to not less than fifteen years nor more than eighteen years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution (MCI), Cedar Junction. On appeal, the defendant claims: the judge erred in permitting witnesses to testify as to the deceased's reputation...

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