COMMONWEALTH v. TEIXEIRA

SJC-11929, SJC-11944.

475 Mass. 482 (2016)

58 N.E.3d 292

COMMONWEALTH v. ANGELO TEIXEIRA. COMMONWEALTH v. CHRISTOPHER A. MEADE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

September 16, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Valerie A. DePalma ( Jeffrey M. Miller with her) for the defendants.

Kathryn Leary , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

John D. Donovan, Jr. , Jesse M. Boodoo , Joshua D. Rovenger , & David M. Coriell , for Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Benjamin H. Keehn , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for Committee for Public Counsel Services, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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


These cases stem from two unrelated, nonfatal shootings in the Roxbury section of Boston in June, 2015, and July, 2015. Angelo Teixeira was arrested for the first shooting, and Christopher Meade for the second. Meade and Teixeira each were charged by complaint in the Boston Municipal Court (BMC) with a number of felonies, including some...

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