COMMONWEALTH v. GARCIA


443 Mass. 824 (2005)

COMMONWEALTH v. SAMMY GARCIA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

April 4, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald A. Harwood for the defendant.

Loretta M. Lillios, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, & CORDY, JJ.


GREANEY, J.

A jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree on a theory of deliberate premeditation1 and of unlawful possession of a firearm. The trial judge denied the defendant's motion for postconviction relief. Represented by new counsel on appeal, the defendant argues error in (1) the denial of his motion to suppress his statements to the police; (2) certain evidentiary rulings; (3) the judge's refusal to instruct the...

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