MARSHALL v. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


1990 Mass. App. Div. 222 (1990)

Irene Marshall vs. Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Massachusetts Appellate Division, Southern District.

December 26, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irene Marshall, pro se.

Catherine C. Pinkala for the defendant.

Present: Dolan, P.J., Kane, J. and Lombardo, J.


Lombardo, J.

This is an action brought under G.L.c. 258A providing for compensation for victims of violent crimes, in which plaintiff seeks to recover funeral costs of her daughter, Kelly Marshall, who died of a drug overdose in the City of New Bedford on July 26, 1987.

At trial, there was evidence tending to show that the victim was sold the drugs that killed her and that her own conduct contributed to her death. The trial court, upon independent review of...

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