COMMONWEALTH v. PFEIFFER

SJC-12431.

482 Mass. 110 (2019)

COMMONWEALTH v. MELISSA PFEIFFER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 1, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca A. Jacobstein , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Colby M. Tilley , Assistant District Attorney ( Julie S. Higgins , Assistant District Attorney, also present) for the Commonwealth.

Marguerite T. Grant , Assistant District Attorney, for district attorney for the Norfolk district & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

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


Following an argument with her boyfriend, the defendant set a bag of his clothes on fire inside their apartment, then fled the building without calling for help or warning the occupants of other units. One person died in the resulting two-alarm fire. Three others, including two firefighters, were injured. A Superior Court jury convicted...

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