Commonwealth v. Santana

In February, 2001, a Superior Court jury convicted the defendant on two indictments charging murder in the first degree on theories of deliberate premeditation, extreme atrocity or cruelty, and felony-murder. The jury also found the defendant guilty of armed assault with intent to murder, armed robbery, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, armed *272home invasion, and possession of a firearm without a license.1 The defendant appeals from his convictions and from the denial of his motion for a new trial.

The defendant claims that the admission of his oral and written statements to…