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Michael O'Keefe, District Attorney
Cape and Islands District — RE: Commonwealth v. Eddie Mack, SJC Affirms Murder Conviction
Cape & Islands District Attorney Michael D. O’Keefe announced today that the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the first degree murder conviction of Eddie Mack, DOB 9/8/85, for the 2012 killing of 28 year old Andrew Stanley.
On July 11, 2012 Barnstable Police responded to the report of shots being fired at 30 Otis Road in Hyannis. Officers observed and pursued three individuals fleeing the house and one of those individuals, Eddie Mack, Jr., was apprehended a short distance away in the possession of guns and money. Upon entry into the house at 30 Otis Road, Stanley was found bound, beaten and shot in the back. A co-defendant, Steven Webster, was found guilty and his conviction was affirmed by the SJC in July of 2018. Two other men plead guilty to charges related to this case.
In September of 2016 a Barnstable Superior Court jury found Eddie Mack guilty of first degree murder, armed robbery, home invasion, and carrying a firearm without a license. Mack was sentenced to life without parole at MCI Cedar Junction by the trial Judge Gary M. Nickerson.
On appeal, Mack alleged a new trial was warranted due to the pretrial publicity surrounding his case, the authentication of fingerprint evidence, the admissibility of certain cell phone evidence, ineffective assistance of counsel, and two statements in the Commonwealth’s closing argument.
In a 24 page decision, the Supreme Judicial Court rejected all of Mack’s challenges, finding the defendant was not deprived of his right to a fair trial, and the cellphone evidence was legally obtained. Further, the Court held that the closing argument was proper and the defendant was not deprived of his right to effective assistance of counsel.
The case was tried by First Assistant District Attorney Michael Trudeau and Assistant District Attorney Nicole Manoog.
The appeal was briefed and argued by Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Sweeney.
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