COMMONWEALTH v. JOHNSON

SJC-09999.

486 Mass. 51 (2020)

COMMONWEALTH v. CURTIS McIRVING JOHNSON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

October 21, 2020.

Corrected October 30, 2020.

Amended January 1, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Malkovich for the defendant.

Michelle R. King , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


In 1992, a jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree on the theory of deliberate premeditation.3 On direct appeal, this court reversed that conviction due to an error in the jury instructions on deliberate premeditation. See Commonwealth v. Johnson, 435 Mass...

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