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COMMONWEALTH v. BENSON

419 Mass. 114 (1994)

COMMONWEALTH vs. JAY BENSON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

December 8, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack M. Atwood for the defendant.

Mary E. Mullaney, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & GREANEY, JJ.

GREANEY, J.

The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree by reason of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty. On appeal, he argues that a new trial should be ordered because (1) the trial judge erred in admitting in evidence five photographs of the victim taken after his death; and (2) the prosecutor engaged in prejudicial final argument. We reject these arguments. We also find no basis to...

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