Commonwealth v. Lanoue

The defendant, James Lanoue, was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal, the defendant claims the following errors: (1) the denial of his motion to suppress; (2) the denial of his motion for a required finding of not guilty on so much of the indictment as charges murder in the first degree; (3) the questioning of prospective jurors; 1 and (4) the trial judge’s instructions to the jury on reasonable doubt. The defendant seasonably objected to both the judge’s questioning of prospective jurors and his instructions on reasonable doubt. On the basis…