COMMONWEALTH v. ALCANTARA

SJC-11468.

471 Mass. 550 (2015)

31 N.E.3d 561

COMMONWEALTH v. LEVI OMAR ALCANTARA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

June 1, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey L. Baler for the defendant.

Catherine Langevin Semel , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


On April 22, 2006, Maria Sastre was beaten to death with a hammer in her home. When one of her children, Jesus, attempted to intervene, he, too, was beaten with the hammer but was able to escape. Soon thereafter, the defendant, Levi Omar Alcantara, called the police from a nearby gasoline station claiming that he had also been a victim...

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