COMMONWEALTH v. SANCHEZ

SJC-11360.

476 Mass. 725 (2017)

COMMONWEALTH v. BENJAMIN SANCHEZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

April 5, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elaine Pourinski for the defendant.

Bethany C. Lynch , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


In the early morning hours of July 12, 2009, a Springfield fire department rescue squad responded to a house fire and found the body of the defendant's estranged wife on the living room floor. She was transported to a hospital where it was determined that she had been strangled and stabbed. At trial, the Commonwealth relied on circumstantial...

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