The defendant appeals from his conviction in Boston Juvenile Court of assault by means of a dangerous weapon on the ground that the evidence was insufficient to convict him under a theory of joint venture.
The jury could have found the following facts. On March 27, 2000, Lewis Lopez, a Boston police cadet, was returning to his Roslindale apartment after finishing his shift at the Boston police juvenile detention center. At 10:50 P.M., as he left a Massachusetts Bay...
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