Commonwealth v. MacCormack
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The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court convicting Defendant of murder in the first degree on a theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty and declined to grant relief under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, 33E, holding that Defendant was not entitled to relief on his claims of error.
On appeal, Defendant argued that his motions for a required finding should have been allowed because there was insufficient evidence to support a finding that he was the perpetrator. The Supreme Judicial Court disagreed, holding (1) the Commonwealth met its burden to prove that there was sufficient evidence for the jury to find, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Defendant had killed the victim; and (2) the trial judge did not abuse her discretion in allowing the introduction of certain evidence.
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