COMMONWEALTH v. RODRIGUEZ-NIEVES

SJC-12307.

487 Mass. 171 (2021)

COMMONWEALTH v. JORGE RODRIGUEZ-NIEVES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

April 9, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merritt Schnipper for the defendant.

John A. Wendel , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


The defendant, Jorge Rodriguez-Nieves, was convicted of murder in the first degree on a theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty in the stabbing death of Angel Morales. Prior to the defendant's trial, the prosecutor failed to disclose material, exculpatory evidence in his possession, in violation of the principles set forth in Brady...

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