Alan Halperin, as Trustee of the GFES Liquidation Trust v. Michel B. Moreno and MOR MGH Holdings, LLC, Dalis M. Waguespack, and Tiffany C. Moreno

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• providing summary of cases where trial judges reduced verdicts to lesser included offenses under rule 25[b][2]
• affirming denial of Commonwealth’s postconviction request to vacate and remand lawful sentence for possible increase where defendant’s expectation of finality in initial sentence would render new, harsher sentence impermissible multiple punishment
• comparing authority of trial judge to reduce verdict under rule 25 [b] [2] to that of Supreme Judicial Court under G. L. c. 278, § 33E
• judge’s refusal to instruct on lesser included manslaughter charge “impermissibly prevented the jury from considering a lesser degree of culpability for [the defendant]”
• \We do expect a judge to state the reasons for a reduction in verdict\ under rule 25 [b] [2]
• “We do expect a judge to state the reasons for a reduction in verdict” under rule 25 [b] [2]

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