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COMMONWEALTH v. DiBENEDETTO

SJC-10658.

475 Mass. 429 (2016)

57 N.E.3d 987

COMMONWEALTH v. FRANK DiBENEDETTO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

September 8, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendy H. Sibbison ( Dennis A. Shedd with her) for the defendant.

Zachary Hillman , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

David B. Hird , Cecile Farmer , & Vanshika Vij , of the District of Columbia, Patrick O'Toole, Jr. , & Evan Miller , for The Innocence Project, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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

On February 19, 1986, Joseph Bottari and Frank Chiuchiolo were shot multiple times and killed in the North End section of Boston. Louis Costa, Paul Tanso, and the defendant in this appeal, Frank DiBenedetto, were charged with their murders. On February 3, 1994, after a second trial, a jury found the defendant and Costa guilty of murder...

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