COMMONWEALTH v. SPRAY

SJC-10095

467 Mass. 456 (2014)

COMMONWEALTH v. QUILLIE MERLE SPRAY, SECOND.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

March 13, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth I. Seiger for the defendant.

Donna-Marie Haran , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


LENK, J.

The defendant appeals from his conviction of murder in the first degree on a theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty, and from the denial of two motions for new trial. The defendant, his brother, his sister-in-law, and his cousin worked together in a tiling business based in Oklahoma. While working on a job at a restaurant in Clinton, the defendant stabbed and killed the general manager with no apparent provocation or motive. The defense at trial was based...

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