Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2/8/1989

Commonwealth v. Bourgeois

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533 N.E.2d 638
404 Mass. 61
1989 Mass. LEXIS 38

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where armed robbery and armed assault were underlying felonies, defendant could not be liable for felony-murder as accessory unless he knew his accomplice was armed
predicate felonies of armed assault in a dwelling house and armed robbery supporting murder conviction
sufficient evidence of deliberate premeditation, where both defendants carried loaded guns at the crime scene, even if only one defendant fired the fatal shot
defendant had no right to introduce hearsay evidence that victim failed to select his photograph from array
witness’s nonidentification not shown to be exculpatory because “there [was] no evidence on the record ... that the victim had such an opportunity to view the defendant as would have permitted the victim to identify the defendant”
armed robbery is a felony inherently dangerous to human life

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Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Abrams, Nolan, O'Connor

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