Commonwealth v. Mahoney

A grand jury returned indictments against the defendants, Matthew Mahoney and James Santos, and a third man, Douglas Drager, charging them with the murder of Kirk Nilsen. The indictment against Drager was severed from those against the defendants, and the defendants’ respective motions for severance from each other were denied. The indictments were put to trial before a jury in the Superior Court. At the conclusion of the Commonwealth’s evidence, the judge allowed the defendants’ motions for the entry of required findings of not guilty on so much of the indictments as charged murder. The jury…