COMMONWEALTH v. DACOSTA

Nos. 17-P-201 & 17-P-234.

96 Mass. App. Ct. 105 (2019)

COMMONWEALTH v. HAILTON DACOSTA (and a companion case).

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

September 19, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer H. O'Brien for Hailton DaCosta.

Stephen C. Nadeau , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

John M. Thompson ( Linda J. Thompson also present) for Antonio Rodrigues.

Present: KINDER, SINGH, & McDONOUGH, JJ.


On November 23, 2013, defendants Hailton DaCosta and Antonio Rodrigues, together with Samir Baptista and Elito Mendes, executed a plan to rob drug dealer Sharone Stafford in New Bedford. Stafford was fatally shot by DaCosta during the botched robbery. The defendants were indicted for murder, G. L. c. 265, § 1; armed assault with...

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