COMMONWEALTH v. RIVERA

SJC-12424.

482 Mass. 259 (2019)

COMMONWEALTH v. MIGUEL RIVERA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

May 14, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Caddick for the defendant.

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

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


On the evening of February 15, 2015, Omar Mendez confirmed his intention to end a long-term relationship with the defendant, and began packing his bags to leave. Following a heated argument between the two men, the defendant stabbed Mendez to death in the bedroom of their apartment, before attempting to end his own life. The defendant argued...

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