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COMMONWEALTH v. URREA

443 Mass. 530 (2005)

COMMONWEALTH v. OSCAR URREA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 28, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chauncey B. Wood for the defendant.

Paul B. Linn, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

COWIN, J.

A jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree on the theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty.1 The victim was his girl friend, Jolanda Diaz. The defendant also was convicted of assault by means of a dangerous weapon on a second victim, Solaine DeJesus. At trial, the defendant did not raise an insanity defense, i.e., a claim of lack of criminal responsibility. Rather, he conceded his guilt of murder, contesting solely...

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