COMMONWEALTH v. GORHAM

No. SJC-10587.

472 Mass. 112 (2015)

COMMONWEALTH v. KYRON A. GORHAM.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

July 8, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Cunha, Jr. ( Charles Allan Hope with him) for the defendant.

Owen J. Murphy, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


The defendant appeals from his conviction of deliberately premeditated murder. At trial, the defendant claimed he intended only to scare the victim, but his rifle discharged accidentally when the victim grabbed the barrel in an attempt to disarm the defendant. Represented by new counsel on appeal, the defendant filed a motion for a new...

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