COMMONWEALTH v. MELENDEZ


427 Mass. 214 (1998)

COMMONWEALTH v. ABRAHAM MELENDEZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

April 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin S. Nixon for the defendant.

David C. Megan, Assistant District Attorney (David R. Yannetti, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

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


WILKINS, C.J.

The defendant appeals from convictions of murder in the first degree on the theory of felony-murder and of armed robbery and from the denial of his motion for a new trial. We affirm the convictions and the denial of his motion for a new trial. The defendant is not entitled to relief pursuant to G. L. c. 278, § 33E.

The jury could have found the following. Late in the afternoon of March 4, 1994...

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