COMMONWEALTH v. SMITH

No. SJC-11723.

473 Mass. 798 (2016)

COMMONWEALTH vs. DONOVAN K. SMITH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

March 11, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aziz Safar for the defendant.

Susan M. Oftring , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: Gants, C.J., Cordy, Botsford, Lenk, & Hines, JJ.


A Superior Court jury found the defendant guilty of the attempted armed robbery and murder in the first degree of Michelle Diaz on theories of extreme atrocity or cruelty and felony-murder. In this direct appeal from his convictions, the defendant challenges the admission in evidence of his...

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