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Sufficiency of evidence supported felony-murder conviction where armed home invasion involved forcible entry assault distinct from fatal shooting inside the house.

DNA evidence linked defendant to victim's death decades later. Supreme Judicial Court affirmed conviction despite exclusion of third-party culprit evidence and prosecutor's improper closing argument.

Defendant entitled to conclusive presumption of government chemist misconduct where chemist signed drug certificate, but must show misconduct would have changed plea decision.

Assault conviction reversed where medical records documenting liver laceration lacked expert testimony explaining the injury's severity and functional impact.