Commonwealth v. Chipman, 635 N.E.2d 1204;418 Mass. 262 (1994)
Videotape simulation showing what the sniper likely observed at the moment he fired fatal shot admissible b/c it sheds light on malice aforethought, deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity; videotaped demonstration admissible IF it "sufficiently resembles the actual event so as to be fair and informative"
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