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SANTIAGO v. COMMONWEALTH

428 Mass. 39 (1998)

FELIX SANTIAGO v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 21, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Zanini, Assistant District Attorney (James W. Coffey, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

Willie J. Davis for Felix Santiago.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Scott Harshbarger, Attorney General, & Carolyn D. Keshian, Assistant Attorney General, for the Attorney General.

Catherine E. Sullivan, Assistant District Attorney, & Loretta M. Lillios, Assistant District Attorney, for Massachusetts District Attorneys' Association.

Michael J. Sullivan, District Attorney, & Robert C. Thompson, Assistant District Attorney, for the District Attorney for the Plymouth District.

Willie J. Davis for Stephen DiRenzo.

Eric Brandt for Committee for Public Counsel Services.

John M. Thompson for Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, GREANEY, FRIED, MARSHALL, & IRELAND, JJ.

ABRAMS, J.

In 1996, a juvenile, Felix Santiago, was found delinquent by reason of murder in the first degree as well as other charges. In 1997, we reversed the juvenile's adjudication of delinquency because of the prosecutor's improper closing argument and ordered a new trial. Commonwealth v. Santiago, 425 Mass. 491 (1997) (Santiago I). Shortly thereafter, the juvenile, who had reached the age of nineteen, argued...

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