COMMONWEALTH v. NEWSON

No. SJC-11471.

471 Mass. 222 (2015)

COMMONWEALTH v. ELBERT NEWSON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 14, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Paul Maidman for the defendant.

Elisabeth Martino , Assistant District Attorney ( Julie Higgins & David J. Fredette , Assistant District Attorneys, with her) for the Commonwealth.

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


Thomas Webb was fatally shot on September 15, 2008, while petting a neighbor's dog on a sidewalk outside an apartment building in Boston. The defendant was arrested a short time later, after fleeing from police in a vehicle and then on foot. At trial, the Commonwealth did not offer evidence that...

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