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Commonwealth v. Gaouette

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided June 28, 2006No. 04-P-1159PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtKafker, J.

Determined to fight over a twenty-dollar debt, the defendant, Justin K. Gaouette, demanded a showdown. At the arranged confrontation, the defendant shot two brothers, killing one of them. After trial on an indictment for murder in the first degree by deliberate premeditation, a jury found the defendant guilty of the lesser included offense of murder in the second degree of David Silva (David). The same jury returned guilty verdicts on five other indictments charging armed assault with *634intent to murder Matthew Silva (Matthew); assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon; unlawful…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WaldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
  2. Commonwealth v. CurtisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
  3. Commonwealth v. AcevedoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
  4. Commonwealth v. WoodwardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
  5. Commonwealth v. SoarisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. VickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
  2. Commonwealth v. ClementeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
  3. Commonwealth v. FortiniMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2007
  4. Commonwealth v. LugoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2019
  5. Commonwealth v. McAfeeMassachusetts Superior Court · 2008

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