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COMMONWEALTH v. FACELLA

No. SJC-10339.

478 Mass. 393 (2017)

COMMONWEALTH v. JOSEPH FACELLA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

November 21, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian J. Kelly for the defendant.

Catherine Langevin Semel , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

A jury convicted the defendant, Joseph Facella, of murder in the first degree on a theory of extreme atrocity and cruelty for beating his girl friend, Annette Soares, to death in 2002.2 At trial, his defense was that an antiviral drug he was taking at the time of the killing rendered him unable to appreciate...

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