Commonwealth v. Sheriff

The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree by reason of deliberate premeditation and extreme *187atrocity or cruelty for the stabbing and bludgeoning death of his wife. On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) the judge improperly instructed the jury regarding his commitment to Bridgewater State Hospital; (2) the judge neither ruled on the question of the voluntariness of certain statements made by the defendant nor submitted the issue to the jury; (3) his Miranda rights were violated; (4) certain statements were improperly introduced as prior inconsistent statements; (5) the jury…