COMMONWEALTH v. COLAS

SJC-12701.

486 Mass. 831 (2021)

COMMONWEALTH v. WESSON COLAS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 22, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Esther J. Horwich for the defendant.

Cailin M. Campbell , Assistant District Attorney ( Mark T. Lee , Assistant District Attorney, also present) for the Commonwealth.

Present: LENK, GAZIANO, CYPHER, & KAFKER, JJ.


The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree on a theory of deliberate premeditation in the shooting death of Dawn Jaffier, as well as armed assault with intent to murder and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon in connection with the nonfatal shooting of Lealah Fulton. At trial, the Commonwealth alleged that...

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