COMMONWEALTH v. ALLEYNE

SJC-11614.

474 Mass. 771 (2016)

COMMONWEALTH v. KYLE ALLEYNE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

July 15, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chauncey B. Wood for the defendant.

Casey E. Silvia , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

William Trach & Laura Carey , for Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Paul R. Rudof , Committee for Public Counsel Services, & David Lewis , for Committee for Public Counsel Services & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

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


The defendant, Kyle Alleyne, was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree on the theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty1 for the stabbing death of his wife, Heather Alleyne, and of assault and battery of Josh Elinoff, the father of the victim's newborn baby.2 On appeal,...

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