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COMMONWEALTH v. VELEZ

SJC-11503.

479 Mass. 506 (2018)

COMMONWEALTH v. IDELFONSO VELEZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

May 11, 2018.

Amended July 23, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore F. Riordan (Deborah Bates Riordan also present) for the defendant.

Jessica Langsam, Assistant District Attorney (Joseph T. Gentile, Assistant District Attorney, also present) for the Commonwealth.

Present: GANTS, C.J., GAZIANO, CYPHER, & KAFKER, JJ.

A jury convicted the defendant, Idelfonso Velez, of two counts of murder in the first degree for the deaths of Angel Ortiz and Trisha Bennett. Each conviction was based on theories of premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty. Represented by new counsel on appeal, the defendant moved for a new trial, arguing that his trial counsel...

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