Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court November 10, 2011 (Commonwealth v. Stewart)

Ireland, C.J.

The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree of the victim, Nicholas Martone, on the theories of felony-murder, deliberate premeditation, and extreme atrocity or cruelty. The defendant also was convicted of armed robbery as the predicate felony and three charges of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon.