Commonwealth v. Collins

Brassard, Raymond J., J.

On June 15, 2009, a jury found the defendant Michael Collins (“Collins”) guilty of second degree murder in violation of G.L.c. 265, §2, armed assault with intent to murder in violation of G.L.c. 265, §18(b), and possession of a firearm without a license in violation of G.L.c. 269, §10(h). The matter is currently before the court on Collins’s motion for a new trial pursuant to Mass.R.Crim.P. 30(b). Collins’s motion raised a number of issues, and the court concluded that the majority of those issues could be decided on the papers. As such, this court issued a decision…