COMMONWEALTH v. DeARMAS


397 Mass. 167 (1986)

490 N.E.2d 433

COMMONWEALTH vs. RAFAEL DEARMAS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

March 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert S. Previte, Jr., for the defendant.

Robert H. Scarino, Special Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, & NOLAN, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

A jury convicted the defendant of the murder in the first degree of Philip LaCorte, who died from a single stab wound inflicted early on New Year's Day in 1982. We affirm the conviction.

Shortly before midnight on December 31, 1981, the victim and his friend Carlos LeBron drove in the victim's truck to a bar in Lawrence frequented by members of the Hispanic community. LeBron and the defendant argued, and the dispute escalated into a fistfight....

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