Commonwealth v. McDermott

Based on a shooting rampage that occurred in the late morning of December 26, 2000, at a Wakefield company, Edgewater Technology, Inc. (Edgewater), a jury found the defendant guilty on seven indictments charging murder in the first degree by reason of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty.1 Represented by new counsel on appeal, the defendant argues error in (1) the denial of his motion to suppress evidence seized from his apartment; (2) the denial of his motion for a mistrial; and (3) the instructions to the jury. The defendant also requests that, pursuant to our power…