Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Zanetti
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 3, 2009PublishedCited by 150 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGants, J.
Shortly before midnight on July 15, 2004, Hector *450Rivera was shot and killed while driving on Main Street in Worcester. The fatal bullet was fired from an automobile in which the defendant was a passenger. The defendant was indicted on a charge of murder in the first degree, and at a jury trial, the Commonwealth proceeded against him on the theory of deliberate premeditation based on both principal and joint venture liability. The jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree as a joint venturer. On appeal, the defendant primarily argues that his motion for a required finding of…
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