COMMONWEALTH v. DECONINCK

SJC-12198.

480 Mass. 254 (2018)

COMMONWEALTH v. PETER DECONINCK.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 10, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy M. Belger for the defendant.

Paul B. Linn , Assistant District Attorney ( Masai-Maliek King , Assistant District Attorney, also present) for the Commonwealth.

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


A Superior Court jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree on a theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty for the fatal stabbing of Ronald Russo on August 24, 2013. That evening, the defendant and the victim, who were long-time friends, got into an argument and shoving match inside a mobile home. Both had been consuming...

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