COMMONWEALTH v. FORTE

No. SJC-10991.

469 Mass. 469 (2014)

COMMONWEALTH v. MICHAEL FORTE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

August 22, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin S. Nixon for the defendant.

Katherine A. Robertson , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


CORDY, J.

Shortly before 3:30 A.M. on July 27, 2008, Steven Donoghue, a homeless man, was stabbed in the alcove of a storefront at the intersection of State and Bliss Streets in downtown Springfield. He died several hours later following extensive surgery. Two young women, who had gone out for a late-night meal, reported the incident after having passed the victim alive and minutes later discovering him bleeding profusely. They had seen only one other person on the...

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