COMMONWEALTH v. CRUZ


442 Mass. 299 (2004)

COMMONWEALTH v. PETER CRUZ.

Supreme Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

August 9, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evan Slavitt (Richard O'Neill with him) for the defendant.

Dianne M. Dillon, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


GREANEY, J.

On July 16, 1999, Luis Torres was shot and killed while chasing two masked assailants who had robbed him at gunpoint. The defendant was indicted on a charge of being an accessory before the fact to felony murder based on his participation in the planning of the robbery, and he was subsequently convicted by a jury of that charge.1 An important part of the Commonwealth's evidence against...

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