Massachusetts Appeals Court October 20, 2017, 16–P–1063 (Commonwealth v. Larocque)

In this appeal the defendant, Carl Larocque, challenges his conviction by a jury of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of Kevin Shavies. The defendant contends that the trial judge improperly limited the cross-examination of a prosecution witness. He also contends that he was deprived of a fair trial because of various errors in the prosecutor's closing argument. We affirm.

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