COMMONWEALTH v. SHAKESPEARE

SJC-12898.

493 Mass. 67 (2023)

COMMONWEALTH v. WILLIAM OMARI SHAKESPEARE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 30, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy M. Belger ( James N. Greenberg also present) for the defendant.

Sarah Montgomery Lewis , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


On the afternoon of June 14, 2016, Marcus Hall (victim) was shot and killed outside a barbershop (shop) where he brought his four year old son for a haircut. A grand jury indicted the defendant, William Omari Shakespeare, for the victim's murder and related firearms offenses. At trial, the defendant argued that another person present...

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