FINE, J.
A spontaneous melee late at night in January of 1990 on Shawmut Avenue in Roxbury, involving a large number of young people, mostly female, resulted in the fatal stabbing of seventeen year old Yolanda Carter. After a jury trial in Superior Court, the defendant was found guilty of Carter's second degree murder. The foreman's gratuitous notation on the verdict slip indicated that the defendant's guilt was as a joint venturer, not as a principal. On appeal,...
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