COMMONWEALTH v. MENDEZ

SJC-11869, SJC-11870.

476 Mass. 512 (2017)

COMMONWEALTH v. CHARLES MENDEZ (and eleven companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

February 22, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cathryn A. Neaves for Charles Mendez.

Jennifer H. O'Brien for Tacuma Massie.

Yul-mi Cho , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: GANTS, C.J., HINES, GAZIANO, LOWY, & BUDD, JJ.


On the evening of November 18, 2010, Edward Platts was shot and killed while sitting in his motor vehicle at a housing complex in Fall River. The defendants, Charles Mendez and Tacuma Massie, were each indicted on charges of (1) murder in the first degree;2 (2) carrying a firearm without a license; (3) carrying...

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