COMMONWEALTH v. CONCEPCION

SJC-12382.

487 Mass. 77 (2021)

COMMONWEALTH v. RAYMOND CONCEPCION.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 16, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth A. Billowitz for the defendant.

Cailin M. Campbell , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Katherine E. Burdick for Juvenile Law Center, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

J. Leon Smith, Jr. , for Citizens for Juvenile Justice & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

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


On March 16, 2016, a jury convicted the defendant, Raymond Concepcion, of murder in the first degree, G. L. c. 265, § 1, for killing the victim, Nicholas Martinez.1 At the time of the offense, the defendant was fifteen years old and had a history of trauma, mental health issues, and impaired cognitive abilities...

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