COMMONWEALTH v. LACOY

No. 13-P-1950.

90 Mass. App. Ct. 427 (2016)

COMMONWEALTH v. JOHN LACOY.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

October 6, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil L. Fishman for the defendant.

Matthew T. Sears , Assistant District Attorney ( Ursula A. Knight , Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

Present: TRAINOR, MEADE, & SULLIVAN, JJ.


After a jury trial, the defendant, John Lacoy, was convicted of murder in the second degree. See G. L. c. 265, § 1. On appeal, he contends that (1) the Commonwealth's exercise of two of its peremptory challenges violated art. 12 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights and the equal protection clause of the United States Constitution...

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