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COMMONWEALTH v. KEITA

429 Mass. 843 (1999)

COMMONWEALTH v. JAMES KEITA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

June 29, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Harrington, Assistant District Attorney (Burke Kappler with him) for the Commonwealth.

June E. Jensen for the defendant.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Michael J. Sullivan, District Attorney, & Mary E. Mullaney, Assistant District Attorney, for District Attorney for the Plymouth District.

Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, & William J. Meade, Assistant Attorney General, for the Attorney General & others.

Brownlow M. Speer, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for Committee for Public Counsel Services.

Ralph C. Martin, II, District Attorney, & John P. Zanini, Assistant District Attorney, for District Attorney for the Suffolk District.

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

WILKINS, C.J.

This appeal, here on further appellate review, requires us to consider whether the evidence warranted a finding that the Commonwealth had met its burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was criminally responsible. We conclude that the evidence warranted a finding that the defendant was criminally responsible and that the Appeals Court should not have ordered a directed verdict of not...

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