COMMONWEALTH v. BARBOSA

SJC-10930.

463 Mass. 116 (2012)

COMMONWEALTH v. MANUEL JAMES BARBOSA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Plymouth.

August 6, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Hanofee for the defendant.

Mary Lee , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


CORDY, J.

Shortly after midnight on December 26, 2008, an individual fired a single shot from a .38 caliber firearm into a dark and crowded party in Brockton. The bullet struck the victim, Hercules Dossantos, in the back, and he was pronounced dead three hours later. Three attendees identified the defendant as the shooter, and he was subsequently indicted for murder in the first degree, G. L. c. 265, § 1, and for four firearms offenses: carrying a firearm without...

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