Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court January 2, 2014 (Commonwealth v. Woods)

Cordy, J.

In the early morning hours of December 2, 2005, the defendant, Thomas A. Woods, and the victim, Paul Mullen, left a nightclub and agreed to meet later to smoke marijuana. The defendant drove to the local Hess gasoline station located in the city of Brockton, which was a popular late-night meeting place.