Commonwealth v. Abdul-Kareem

The defendant appeals from convictions of conspiracy to commit mayhem and conspiracy to commit assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon. The evidence *79favorable to the Commonwealth at trial showed that the defendant engaged one Hathaway to murder George Markos and shoot Konstantinos Travayiakis (“Kostos”) in the knees. The defendant and Hathaway, who were prior acquaintances, had three meetings. At the first, the defendant told Hathaway he had a job for him, that it involved “whacking” Markos and Kostos, and that Hathaway should call the defendant’s pager number. At the second, the…