Massachusetts Appeals Court December 4, 2001, No. 98-P-1626 (Commonwealth v. Martinez)

Smith, J.

The defendant has appealed from his convictions of voluntary manslaughter (on an indictment which charged him with murder in the first degree), assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm, and unlawful discharge of a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling.