Commonwealth v. Rosa

On March 4, 1993, a Suffolk County jury convicted the defendant, Thomas Rosa, Jr., of murder in the first degree and kidnapping. The judge sentenced Rosa to Life imprisonment, with a concurrent sentence on the kidnapping conviction of from nine to ten years. Rosa asserts several claims of instructional error, and argues that the judge interfered with his ability to put on a defense by excluding *19certain evidence. Finding no error, we affirm the convictions.1 Having reviewed the entire record pursuant to our duty under G. L. c. 278, § 33E (1994 ed.), we discern no other errors and no reason to…