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COMMONWEALTH v. GOMES

SJC-11537

470 Mass. 352 (2015)

COMMONWEALTH v. JEREMY D. GOMES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Berkshire.

January 12, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Fennel , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

John Bossé , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae.

Daniel F. Conley , District Attorney, & Cailin M. Campbell , Assistant District Attorney, for District Attorney for the Suffolk District.

Lisa J. Steele for Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

David W. Ogden , Daniel S. Volchok , Francesco Valentini , & Nathalie F.P. Gilfoyle , of the District of Columbia, & John C. Polley for American Psychological Association & another.

M. Chris Fabricant & Karen Newirth , of New York, Joshua D. Rogaczewski & Johnny H. Walker , of the District of Columbia, & Kevin M. Bolan for the Innocence Network.

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

In the early morning of September 10, 2011, the defendant slashed the face of the victim, Zachary Sevigny, with a box cutter while the victim was sitting in the driver's seat of his vehicle. A Superior Court jury found the defendant guilty of mayhem, in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 14; assault and battery by means of a dangerous...

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