Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Connors
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided March 11, 2019No. AC-17-P-829Published
1Opinion of the CourtKinder, J.
*47 *747 On August 12, 2014, inmate Michael Freeman beat inmate William Sires to death in a cell at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center (SBCC). The defendants, Chad Connors and Allen Erazo, who are also inmates at SBCC, were charged with murder in the first degree as joint venturers based on evidence that Erazo physically forced the victim into the cell where Freeman was waiting while Connors closed the curtain on the cell door and stood by during the beating.
On April 8, 2016, Freeman pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree. On May 6, 2016, following a jury trial in the Superior Court, the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. FlebotteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. CasaleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. ZanettiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
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