COMMONWEALTH v. BURGOS

SJC-07678.

462 Mass. 53 (2012)

COMMONWEALTH v. LEYTON BURGOS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

April 17, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Thompson ( Linda J. Thompson with him) for the defendant.

Dianne M. Dillon , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: IRELAND, C.J., BOTSFORD, GANTS, & LENK, JJ.


BOTSFORD, J.

A Superior Court jury found the defendant, Leyton Burgos, guilty of being an accessory before the fact to the murder in the first degree of Sylvia Ramirez. The defendant appeals from his conviction and from the denial of his motion for a new trial. He argues there were errors relating to the testimony of two key prosecution witnesses; the trial judge's instruction concerning consciousness of guilt was erroneous; and his trial counsel was ineffective in...

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