Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Burnham
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 27, 2008PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree by extreme atrocity or cruelty. On appeal he asserts error in the admission in evidence of details of a private conversation between him and his wife, the exclusion of a declaration against penal interest made by the codefendant, and the failure to charge the jury on involuntary manslaughter. We affirm the conviction and decline to grant relief under G. L. c. 278, § 33E.
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