COMMONWEALTH v. MAZZA

No. SJC-11363.

484 Mass. 539 (2020)

COMMONWEALTH, v. ANTHONY D. MAZZA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 21, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Cunha, Jr. ( Charles Allan Hope also present) for the defendant.

Dara Z. Kesselheim , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


The defendant, Anthony Mazza, was convicted in 1973 of murder in the first degree and robbery in connection with the strangling death of Peter Armata. See Commonwealth v. Mazza, 366 Mass. 30 (1974). He filed a series of motions for a new trial over the course of thirty-five years. Before...

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