COMMONWEALTH v. WAWERU

SJC-11784.

480 Mass. 173 (2018)

COMMONWEALTH v. PATRICK WAWERU.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

July 31, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Goldman for the defendant.

Kenneth E. Steinfield , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: GANTS, C.J., GAZIANO, BUDD, & KAFKER, JJ.


A jury convicted the defendant, Patrick Waweru, of murder in the first degree on the theories of premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty, among other offenses. The defendant's primary defense at trial was that he lacked criminal responsibility for the murder because he suffers from mental illness. On appeal, the defendant argues...

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