COMMONWEALTH v. WRIGHT

SJC-11501

469 Mass. 447 (2014)

COMMONWEALTH v. EDWARD G. WRIGHT.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

August 20, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Fallon ( Matthew A. Kamholtz with him) for the defendant.

Dianne M. Dillon , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


GANTS, J.

On April 10, 1985, the defendant, Edward G. Wright, was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree on the theories of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty. We affirmed the defendant's conviction and the denials of his first and second motions for a new trial. Commonwealth v. Wright, 411 Mass. 678, 683, 686-689, 691 (1992). After various proceedings, which we will detail below, the defendant...

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