COMMONWEALTH v. MORIN

No. SJC-11591.

478 Mass. 415 (2017)

COMMONWEALTH v. AARON MORIN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

November 21, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Shaw, Jr. , for the defendant.

Mary E. O'Neil , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Chauncey B. Wood , K. Neil Austin , Christopher E. Hart , & Kelly S. Caiazzo , for Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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


A Superior Court jury found the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree on the theory of felony-murder, with unarmed robbery as the predicate felony, in the death of Chad Fleming on November 3, 2009. At trial, the Commonwealth's theory was that the defendant, along with his codefendant, Nelson Melo, and two unknown accomplices...

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