COMMONWEALTH v. LEWIS

No. 09-P-1276.

81 Mass. App. Ct. 119 (2012)

COMMONWEALTH v. JOSHUA LEWIS.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

January 12, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter M. Onek , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Marguerite T. Grant , Assistant District Attorney ( Robert W. Nelson, Jr. , Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

Present: GREEN, HANLON, & CARHART, JJ.


CARHART, J.

The defendant was convicted of assault with intent to murder and various firearms offenses after he pointed a gun at a State trooper. On appeal, the defendant challenges the sufficiency of the Commonwealth's evidence of his specific intent to kill the trooper and argues that an erroneously admitted statement and the prosecutor's improper closing argument deprived him of a fair trial.

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