Commonwealth v. Johnson

On the morning of November 1, 2007, Mumin Manavoglu was shot in the face while pursuing the young man who had robbed him at gunpoint in the restaurant he owned in the Dorchester section of Boston. He died two days later. On May 22, 2009, a jury convicted the defendant — a young man whom the police apprehended in the area within minutes of the incident, whom two witnesses identified as the assailant, and who confessed to the crime during a police interview — of felony-murder in the first degree in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 1; armed robbery in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 17; possession of a…