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COMMONWEALTH v. MORSE.

No. SJC-11433.

468 Mass. 360 (2014)

COMMONWEALTH v. STEVEN J. MORSE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampshire.

June 13, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merritt Schnipper for the defendant.

Thomas H. Townsend , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Linda J. Thompson , for Committee for Public Counsel Services, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Monica R. Shah , for Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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

LENK, J.

The defendant was piloting a motorboat in the late afternoon of August 17, 2010, when it struck a kayak.1 Ten year old Augustus Adamopoulos, who was in the kayak fishing with his father, died as a result of the collision; his father sustained serious injuries. The defendant was charged with manslaughter, G. L. c. 265, § 13; serious bodily injury and homicide2 by vessel, G. L. c. 90B, §§...

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