Commonwealth v. Martin

In December, 2008, a Superior Court jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree on the theory of *293felony-murder, with armed robbery as the predicate felony. The defendant’s convictions stem from the stabbing death of Heu-reur Previlon, a Brookline taxicab driver, whose body was found inside his vehicle in the early morning hours of August 25, 2005. The defendant and a codefendant, Jashawn Robinson, were indicted as joint venturers. Following the allowance of their motions to sever, they were tried separately and Robinson was acquitted.1

The matter is before us on the defendant’s…