COMMONWEALTH v. BRESCIA

SJC-10686.

471 Mass. 381 (2015)

29 N.E.3d 837

COMMONWEALTH, v. JAMES E. BRESCIA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

May 8, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bethany Stevens , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Alan Jay Black for the defendant.

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


At the defendant's trial for murder and conspiracy, the theory of the prosecution was that the defendant had hired an assassin to kill the victim. The victim was a man with whom the defendant believed his wife was romantically involved. The defendant took the stand and testified on his own behalf, asserting that he had requested only that...

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