Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 8/30/2016

Commonwealth v. Vargas

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475 Mass. 338
57 N.E.3d 920

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where no objection, we review \to determine if any error in failing to object would have created a substantial likelihood of a miscarriage of justice\
evidence of sudden combat where victim was initial aggressor, trained in unarmed combat, and much larger than defendant
no ineffective 8 assistance of counsel where \the evidence he sought to proffer was within the purview of the jury\
party claiming right to interpreter has burden of proving entitlement
jury rejected theory of deliberate premeditation, victim was initial aggressor, defendant reasonably could have feared victim, defendant swung knife in 45 wild manner and told third party to call 911, and killing was product of sudden combat and heat of passion
\instruction ... clearly and correctly conveyed the applicable law\

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Judges: Gants, Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Hines

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