Commonwealth v. Larocque

In this appeal the defendant, Carl Larocque, challenges his conviction by a jury of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of Kevin Shavies. The defendant contends that the trial judge improperly limited the cross-examination of a prosecution witness. He also contends that he was deprived of a fair trial because of various errors in the prosecutor's closing argument. We affirm.

Discussion. The defendant was arrested months after the shooting when an acquaintance came forward to implicate him. He was charged with murder in the first degree. The Commonwealth's theory of the case was that…