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COMMONWEALTH v. OKORO

No. SJC-11659.

471 Mass. 51 (2015)

COMMONWEALTH v. EMMANUEL OKORO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

March 23, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruth Greenberg for the defendant.

Matthew Libby, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Jeanne M. Kepthorne for Markeese Mitchell.

Barbara Kaban, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for Youth Advocacy Division, Committee for Public Counsel Services, & others.

Laura M. Banwarth for Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Richard L. Goldman for Terrance Pabon.

Present: GANTS, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, DUFFLY, LINK. & HINES, JJ.

The defendant, Emmanuel Okoro, appeals from his conviction of murder in the second degree. He was fifteen years old at the time of the offense, January 1, 2008. Pursuant to the sentencing statutes then in effect, the defendant received a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment with eligibility for parole after fifteen years. The defendant...

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