Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Espada
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 20, 2008PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
In April, 2003, a Hampden County jury convicted the defendant, Gabriel Espada, of murder in the first degree of Nathaniel Pereira on a theory of deliberate premeditation. He was convicted of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon on Darius Shepard, of assault by means of a dangerous weapon on Sharif Laster, and of armed assault with intent to murder Shepard and Laster. He also was found guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm or ammunition without an identification card. The defendant appealed. In September, 2005, the defendant filed a…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. HarringtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. WaldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. CurtisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. DoucetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
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3Cited by42 opinions
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