Commonwealth v. Carter

The defendant was convicted of deliberately premeditated murder in the first degree and of four counts of armed assault with intent to murder. He appeals from these convictions and from the denial of his motion for a new trial.

*267At approximately 12:30 a.m. on November 28, 1992, a Pontiac automobile containing the five victims stopped at a red light in the Central Square section of Cambridge. A Ford Explorer stopped immediately behind the Pontiac. A passenger in the Ford Explorer approached the victims’ vehicle and asked for the time. Several victims repeatedly told the passenger from the second…