COMMONWEALTH v. JACOBS

SJC-10590.

488 Mass. 597 (2021)

COMMONWEALTH v. ROBERT O. JACOBS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

October 19, 2021.

Corrected November 12, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet Hetherwick Pumphrey for the defendant.

Carolyn A. Burbine , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: Budd, C.J., Cypher, Kafker, Wendlandt, & Georges, JJ.


In February of 2006, fifteen year old Jerard Rogers was shot to death after a party in Brockton. The defendant, then seventeen year old Robert O. Jacobs, was indicted on charges of murder in the first degree and unlawful possession of a firearm in connection with the victim's death. At trial in September of 2008, the Commonwealth proceeded...

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