Commonwealth v. Lennon

The defendant was convicted of deliberately premeditated murder. On appeal he asserts error in (1) the judge’s refusal to instruct the jury that they could consider evidence of voluntary intoxication on the question of his capacity to pre*521meditate deliberately, (2) the judge’s refusal to instruct the jury that they could return a verdict of voluntary manslaughter based on evidence of reasonable provocation or mutual combat, and (3) the denial of his motion for a new trial based on his claim of a closure of the court room during jury selection that violated his right to a public trial under the…