COMMONWEALTH v. ESCOBAR

SJC-13321.

493 Mass. 694 (2024)

COMMONWEALTH v. RIGOBERTO ESCOBAR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

March 20, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey L. Baler for the defendant.

Chia Chi Lee, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Kafker, & Wendlandt, JJ.


A jury found the defendant, Rigoberto Escobar, guilty of murder in the first degree on theories of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty for the shooting death of Magno Sosa (victim). In the early morning hours of January 17, 2015, after drinking together, the men got into a heated argument that escalated into a fist...

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