Massachusetts Appeals Court July 1, 1998, No. 96-P-0805 (Commonwealth v. Hall)

Warner, C.J.

The defendant was convicted of second degree murder in the stabbing death of Thomas O’Leary. She contends on appeal that the trial judge committed multiple errors: that she erroneously instructed the jury on malice and on voluntary manslaughter; that she should have instructed the jury on lack of criminal responsibility and on involuntary manslaughter; and that she should have