COMMONWEALTH v. ROY

No. SJC-10942.

464 Mass. 818 (2013)

COMMONWEALTH, v. ROBERT ROY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

April 11, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles K. Stephenson for the defendant.

Eva M. Zelnick , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


IRELAND, C.J.

On February 25, 2010, a jury convicted the defendant, Robert Roy, of murder in the first degree of his wife on the theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty.1 The murder was alleged to have occurred in March, 1986. Represented by new counsel on appeal, the defendant asserts that a reduction in the verdict is required because there was insufficient evidence to support the jury's verdict...

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