Commonwealth v. Picher

A Superior Court jury convicted the defendant upon two indictments for assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, to wit, a handgun (G. L. c. 265, § 15A[6]), which involved separate victims (Jerome Thornton and Larry Brown).1 The indictments arose out of an incident that occurred *410at approximately 4:45 p.m. on the afternoon of February 27, 1996, near the intersection of Main and Tribou streets in Brock-ton. The jury could have found, based upon the evidence adduced at trial, that the defendant was one of a group of young men who emerged from two vehicles armed with weapons and fired…