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Wesson Colas was convicted in December 2018 in the death of 26-year-old Dawnn Jaffier during the Caribbean Carnival in the city's Dorchester neighborhood.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court overturns murder conviction for Wesson Colas in bystander s death masslive.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from masslive.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A Boston man found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of an innocent bystander during a 2014 street festival even though he did not fire the fatal shot had his conviction overturned by the state’s highest court on Monday. Wesson Colas was convicted in 2018 in the death of 26-year-old Dawnn Jaffier during […]
In this file photo from 2014, Ian Jaffier holds a picture of his daughter, Dawnn Jaffier, 26, who was fatally shot on Blue Hill Avenue that year. (Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
The state s highest court ruled Monday that one of two men convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of an innocent bystander during a confrontation in Dorchester should get a new trial.
Wesson Colas was convicted in the killing of 26-year-old youth worker Dawnn Jaffier, and the non-fatal shooting of another woman, near Dorchester s J ouvert Parade, a Caribbean festival, in 2014.
Though Colas didn t fire a shot, prosecutors said he was equally responsible as the gunman, Keith Williams, because Colas pointed a weapon at the rival with the intent to kill and therefore participated in the gun battle. Williams was also sentenced to life in prison for first-degree murder.