Commonwealth v. Murray

Hamlin, Sandra L., J.

On January 27, 2005, a Middlesex jury found the defendant, Eric Murray (“Murray”) guilty of first degree murder on the grounds of deliberately premeditated malice aforethought, G.L.c. 265, §1, and possession of a firearm, G.L.c. 269, § 10(a). This court (Hamlin, J.) sentenced Murray to life without parole on the murder conviction, and to one year and a day on the firearm conviction, with the latter sentence running concurrently with the former. Murray argues that he is entitled to a new trial because the Commonwealth failed to disclose to Murray exculpatory gang-related…