Commonwealth v. Jones

The defendant appeals from jury convictions of involuntary manslaughter, found as a lesser included offense of the original charge of murder in the first degree, and of illegal possession of a firearm. He claims that the motion judge violated *569his right to a public trial by excluding his girlfriend, Gwynne Doyle, from the hearing on his motion to suppress “all statements made by him to the police.” The defendant also argues that he must be resentenced because the trial judge improperly commented at the sentencing hearing about the defendant’s failure to show remorse for actions precipitating…