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COMMONWEALTH v. HENLEY

SJC-12951 and SJC-12952.

488 Mass. 95 (2021)

COMMONWEALTH v. DONTE HENLEY (and three companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 5, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine C. Essington for Donte Henley.

Jennifer H. O'Brien for Josiah Zachery.

Benjamin Shorey, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Matthew Spurlock & David Rangaviz, Committee for Public Counsel Services, Jennifer Lynch & Andrew Crocker, of California, Oren Nimni, Matthew R. Segal, & Jessie J. Rossman for Committee for Public Counsel Services & others.

Alan Butler & Megan Iorio, of the District of Columbia, & Caitriona Fitzgerald for Electronic Privacy Information Center.

Martin F. Murphy for Boston Bar Association.

Present: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Lowy, Cypher, & Kafker, JJ.

On the morning of February 11, 2015, the victim, Kenny Lamour, was shot in the head and killed. The defendants, Josiah Zachery and Donte Henley, were tried jointly before a jury. Both defendants were convicted of murder in the second degree. Zachery also was convicted of assault by means of a dangerous weapon and carrying a firearm without...

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