Commonwealth v. Gomes
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree and related offenses. The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Defendant's convictions and declined to grant relief pursuant to Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, 33E, holding that the trial judge did not err by (1) denying Defendant’s motion for a required finding of not guilty; (2) admitting into evidence certain items that were seized from an apartment building owned by Defendant's parents; (3) permitting jurors to ask questions of the witnesses; (4) admitting or excluding certain testimonial evidence offered by various witnesses; and (5) denying Defendant’s request for a jury instruction on transferred intent.
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