COMMONWEALTH v. MEJIA

SJC-10438.

463 Mass. 243 (2012)

COMMONWEALTH v. EDWIN MEJIA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 21, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Sinsheimer for the defendant.

Macy Lee , Assistant District Attorney ( John P. Pappas , Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

Present: IRELAND, C.J., SPINA, BOTSFORD, GANTS, & DUFFLY, JJ.


DUFFLY, J.

On the morning of June 11, 2005, the body of Lourdes Hernandez was discovered inside the retail gasoline station and convenience store (mini-mart) where she was employed as a cashier. Hernandez had been stabbed multiple times, and approximately $2,300 was missing from the store. The defendant, who months earlier had been fired from his job at the mini-mart, was convicted of murder in the first degree, G. L. c. 265, § 1, on theories of felony-murder...

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