Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court January 9, 1986 (Hullum v. Commonwealth)

On September 28, 1980, the plaintiff, Faye Hullum, was attending a party in Mattapan when she became engaged in an argument with Lawrence Haywood. Haywood drew a revolver and shot the plaintiff, wounding her in the right thigh and fracturing her right femur. A Suffolk County grand jury subsequently indicted Haywood for the shooting.