Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 5/8/1995

Commonwealth v. Parker

Citations

420 Mass. 242
649 N.E.2d 727
1995 Mass. LEXIS 162

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evidence that elderly and handicapped victim struck defendant twice during robbery did not support sudden combat charge
no reasonable provocation where elderly disabled victim punched defendant in face twice before defendant strangled him
“A defense counsel’s strategic decisions do not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel unless they are ‘manifestly unreasonable’ ” [citations omitted]
although defendant testified that victim struck him twice, no reasonable jury could have accepted suggestion that he was provoked into brutal killing
in choking murder of elderly disabled man, provocation “untenable” despite defendant’s testimony that victim had twice punched him in face
although defendant testified that victim struck defendant twice, “no reasonable jury could have accepted the suggestion that the defendants were provoked into the brutal killing”

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