Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Barbosa
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 25, 2017No. SJC 11720PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.
On February 23, 2012, Anthony Depina was shot and killed outside a bar in the Roxbury section of Boston. The defendant, Jason Barbosa, was indicted on the charges of murder in the first degree and unlawful possession of a firearm as an armed career criminal. 2 The Commonwealth proceeded against him on the theory of deliberate premeditation. Specifically, the Commonwealth’s theory at trial was that the shooting was committed as part of a joint venture wherein the defendant was a knowing participant, either as the shooter or as an accomplice. The jury convicted the defendant of murder in the…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. KozecMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- L.L., a juvenile v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. McCarthyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. MelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WardsworthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2019
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