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COMMONWEALTH v. GODDARD

SJC-11955.

476 Mass. 443 (2017)

COMMONWEALTH v. WILLIAM GODDARD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

February 9, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Sinsheimer for the defendant.

Ellyn H. Lazar-Moore, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: GANTS, C.J., HINES, GAZIANO, LOWY, & BUDD, JJ.

The jury convicted the defendant, William Goddard, of murder in the first degree on the theory of deliberate premeditation.1 On appeal, the defendant argues that (1) the trial judge erred by permitting the Commonwealth's expert witness to testify that the defendant had premeditated the killing, (2) the same...

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