The defendant, Randy Arias, appeals from the denial of his motion under Mass. R. Crim. P. 25(b)(2), as amended, 420 Mass. 1502 (1995), to reduce the verdict of murder in the second degree to manslaughter or to grant a new trial. We transferred the appeal to this court on our own motion to consider whether principles of direct estoppel apply where, as here, the same general issues raised by the rule 25(b)(2) motion were previously raised, considered, and rejected in his direct...
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