Commonwealth v. Hearn

After an altercation at a Revere bar, the defendant revisited the scene with a gun looking for two of the participants in the fight. One of them, the victim, John Maragni, crossed the street towards the defendant’s vehicle. Observers heard a loud noise and then saw the victim col*708lapse at the curb. The defendant was arrested for the murder of Maragni twelve days later in Denver, Colorado. The foregoing facts were presented at the defendant’s trial, and he was convicted of second degree murder.1

In his appeal, he claims error in the exclusion of statements made by him to a Denver police officer…