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Commonwealth v. Shepherd

SJC-12405
Argue Date: Tuesday November 7, 2023
*Summary:   Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Justices: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Kafker, Wendlandt, JJ.
Appellant: Rashad A. Shepherd
Counsel for Appellant: Claudia Leis Bolgen, Esquire
Appellee: Commonwealth
Counsel for Appellee: Kenneth E. Steinfield, A.D.A. - Withdrawn Catherine L. Semel, A.D.A. Elin H. Graydon, A.D.A. - Inactive Kathryn L. Janssen, A.D.A.
Court Appealed From: Essex Superior Court
Lower Court Judge: Richard E. Welch, III, J.
Route to SJC: Direct Entry: Murder 1
Amici Curiae: Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers , Families for Justice as Healing , Felony Murder Elimination Project , The Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality , National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls , Professor Kat Albrecht , The Sentencing Project , Americn Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, Inc. , Boston Universty Center for Antiracist Research

*Summary is not an official part of the court proceedings, it is presented so that those who access the website will have a general understanding of the legal issues in the case.

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