COMMONWEALTH v. TEJEDA

No. SJC-11858.

473 Mass. 269 (2015)

COMMONWEALTH v. ROBINSON TEJEDA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 2, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana Alan Curhan ( Robert S. Sinsheimer with him) for the defendant.

Vincent J. DeMore , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


The primary issue in this appeal is whether a defendant who joins with others to commit an armed robbery may be found guilty of murder on the theory of felony-murder for the killing of his accomplice by someone resisting the armed robbery. We conclude that he may not.

Background. We recite the facts in the light most favorable...

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