COMMONWEALTH v. FAPPIANO

No. 06-P-539.

69 Mass. App. Ct. 727 (2007)

COMMONWEALTH v. SUSAN FAPPIANO.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

August 16, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Esther J. Horwich for the defendant.

Katherine E. McMahon, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: KANTROWITZ, DREBEN, & KAFKER, JJ.


KANTROWITZ, J.

At the time of the criminal offenses on October 20, 1996, the defendant, Susan Fappiano, was the mother of three young children who were living with her: five year old Jeffrey Columbus, three year old Shy-la Harper, and fifteen month old Clyde Harper, Jr. She repeatedly beat them, eventually killing Clyde (she was tried as both a principal and a joint venturer).1 On October 1, 1998, she was convicted of various offenses...

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