COMMONWEALTH v. HART

SJC-13217.

493 Mass. 130 (2023)

COMMONWEALTH v. JOSHUA HART.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Franklin.

December 8, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Paul Maidman for the defendant.

Cynthia M. Von Flatern , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


The defendant and his girlfriend entered an elderly couple's home through an unlocked door, stabbed and suffocated the two occupants of the house, and stole their valuables. They then fled the Commonwealth in the victims' car. One of the victims died immediately, and the other died approximately one month later. Following a jury trial,...

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