context: Further, the gun had been fired from a position against the victim's clothing. The jury could reasonably have concluded that this evidence showed beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant committed the murder with deliberate premeditation.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 351 Mass. 68, 75
citation_a.parenthetical: lack of sign of struggle may be considered in regard to deliberately premeditated malice aforethought
citation_a.sentence: See also Commonwealth v. Stirling, 351 Mass. 68, 75 (1966) (lack of sign of struggle may be considered in regard to deliberately premeditated malice aforethought).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 422 Mass. 111, 123
citation_b.parenthetical: use of firearm in killing enough to support deliberately premeditated murder
citation_b.sentence: See Commonwealth v. Williams, 422 Mass. 111, 123 (1996) (use of firearm in killing enough to support deliberately premeditated murder); Commonwealth v. Robertson, 408 Mass. 747, 756-757 (1990) (use of firearm supports finding of malice; evidence sufficient to support deliberate premeditation even if killing followed reflection by only few seconds).