Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court November 5, 1997 (Commonwealth v. Hamilton)

Greaney, J.

A jury found the defendant, Howard Hamilton, *68and a codefendant, Richard D. Brooks (who were tried together as joint venturers) guilty of murder in the first degree by reason of deliberate premeditation. Both were also convicted of unlawfully carrying a firearm, of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, and of armed assault with intent to murder.