COMMONWEALTH v. MELTON


436 Mass. 291 (2002)

COMMONWEALTH v. LAJUAN MELTON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

March 13, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. O'Neill, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Patrick C. Lee, Special Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.


SOSMAN, J.

The defendant was convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, malicious damage to a motor vehicle, and four counts of assault by means of a dangerous weapon. On appeal, he contends that the evidence was insufficient to convict him of all four assaults because the perpetrator, by firing only a single shot into a vehicle occupied by four persons, could not have intended to commit more than a single...

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