Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Figueroa
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided December 5, 2002No. 00-P-1112PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcHugh, J.
Following a street-corner argument late on the night of May 15, 1996, Miguel Reyes shot and killed Vannaroth Ouk. Reyes’s friend, the defendant, Ernán Figueroa, his own pistol drawn and cocked, was standing nearby when the shooting occurred. The defendant was thereafter indicted for Ouk’s murder, see G. L. c. 265, § 1, on a joint venture theory, and for possession of a firearm. See G. L. c. 269, § 10(a). Following trial, he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and of the firearms charge. On appeal, the defendant principally argues that statements he made to police should have been…
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