Commonwealth v. Correia

After a jury trial in the Superior Court, the defendant, Jose Correia, was found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of Gary Chatelain.1 On appeal, Correia argues *598that the judge (1) improperly denied his request for an instruction cautioning the jury to study with care the credibility of the key Commonwealth witness; and (2) improperly redacted exculpatory evidence from the victim’s hospital record. We affirm.

The Commonwealth did not proceed on a theory of joint venture, although another with potential animus was present at the shooting. The critical question at trial was the…