COMMONWEALTH v. GARVIN

SJC-09548

456 Mass. 778 (2010)

COMMONWEALTH v. ANTHONY GARVIN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

May 14, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emanuel Howard for the defendant.

Jane Davidson Montori, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


IRELAND, J.

In 2004, the defendant was convicted of the murder in the first degree of the victim, Felipe Santiago, on the theory of deliberate premeditation, and of unlawful possession of a firearm. He appealed. Represented by new counsel, he filed a motion for a new trial and an evidentiary hearing, charging that his trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective and that there was reversible error in the prosecutor's closing argument. He requested a new trial or...

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