Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Dara Poum

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided July 9, 2025No. SJC-13443Published

1Opinion of the Court

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT

COMMONWEALTH vs. DARA POUM

Docket:

SJC-13443

Dates:

March 7, 2025 - July 9, 2025

Present:

Budd, C.J., Kafker, Wendlandt, Georges, & Wolohojian, JJ.

County:

Middlesex

Keywords:

Homicide. Felony-Murder Rule. Armed Home Invasion. Firearms. Evidence, Argument by prosecutor. Practice, Criminal, Argument by prosecutor, Opening statement, Instructions to jury, Sentence, Assistance of counsel, Duplicative convictions, Capital case. License.

Indictments found and returned in the Superior Court Department on December 10, 2014.

The cases were tried before Robert L. Ullmann, J.

Andrew S. Crouch…

2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. BruenSupreme Court of the United States · 2022
  2. Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
  3. Commonwealth v. RandolphMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
  4. Commonwealth v. WaldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
  5. Commonwealth v. CurtisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994

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