COMMONWEALTH v. MARTINEZ

SJC-12393.

487 Mass. 265 (2021)

COMMONWEALTH v. BENJAMIN MARTINEZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

April 23, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey L. Baler for the defendant.

Travis H. Lynch , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


On the afternoon of June 9, 2004, the body of Caridad Puente was discovered in a closet of her Springfield apartment. In 2017, the defendant, Benjamin Martinez, was convicted of murder in the first degree on the theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty in connection with the victim's death.1 On appeal, the defendant...

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