COMMONWEALTH v. TAVARES

SJC-11375.

491 Mass. 362 (2023)

COMMONWEALTH, v. OMAY TAVARES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

February 24, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Elizabeth A. Billowitz , for the defendant.

Present: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Lowy, Cypher, Kafker, Wendlandt, & Georges, JJ.


On October 17, 2011, the defendant, Omay Tavares, was convicted of murder in the first degree in connection with the January 7, 2010, shooting death of George Thompson.1 In 2019, the defendant filed a motion for a new trial asserting ineffective assistance based on trial counsel's failure to investigate exculpatory...

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