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Commonwealth v. Cruz

Citations

  • 424 Mass. 207
  • 675 N.E.2d 764
  • 1997 Mass. LEXIS 24

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  • proper evidence of \threats\ and \discord\ in relationship demonstrated respective states of mind of victim and defendant
  • evidence that the defendant, carrying a loaded handgun, followed the victim and then caught up with her and shot her through the head at “virtually point blank range” “fully warranted the jury’s separate finding of murder in the first degree by reason of deliberate premeditation ...”

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Judges: Greaney

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