Commonwealth v. Alcequiecz

After a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree on a theory of felony-murder, armed burglary, and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon. The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions of felony-murder and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon and vacated Defendant's armed burglary conviction, holding (1) the trial judge did not err in instructing the jury; (2) trial counsel was not ineffective; (3) the prosecutor's closing argument did not create a substantial likelihood of a miscarriage of justice; but (4) Defendant's conviction for armed burglary was duplicative of his conviction for felony-murder. View "Commonwealth v. Alcequiecz" on Justia Law