Commonwealth v. Daggett

416 Mass. 347 (1993)

622 N.E.2d 272

COMMONWEALTH

vs.

DANA A. DAGGETT.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

May 6, 1993.

November 8, 1993.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.

Juliane Balliro for the defendant.

Robert C. Thompson, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

LIACOS, C.J.

The defendant, Dana A. Daggett, was convicted of murder in the first degree by reason of extreme atrocity or cruelty. The principal claim of error the defendant makes is that evidence of tests performed on the victim's deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and DNA extracted from blood in…