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COMMONWEALTH v. VASQUEZ

SJC-10140.

462 Mass. 827 (2012)

COMMONWEALTH v. LUIS VASQUEZ (and five companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 17, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Paul Maidman for Ismael Vasquez.

David A.F. Lewis for Luis Vasquez.

Kevin S. Nixon for Scott Davenport.

Zachary Hillman , Assistant District Attorney ( Patrick M. Haggan , Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

Present: IRELAND, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, DUFFLY, & LENK, JJ.

SPINA, J.

Following internal upheaval in a gang, five gang members and a nonmember associate executed a sixth member. Two other members2 testified against the others pursuant to cooperation agreements with the Commonwealth. Scott Davenport (Davenport), the nonmember who also killed the victim, testified that he acted under duress. Following a joint trial of four defendants, the jury found all defendants guilty of murder in the first degree...

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