>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
WE’RE INTERRUPTING PROGRAMMING
BECAUSE WE’RE FOLLOWING BREAKING
NEWS.
A VERDICT HAS BEEN REACHED IN THE EMANUEL LOPEZ TRIAL.
HE’S ACCUSED OF KILLING POLICE
SERGEANT MICHAEL CHESTNUT AND
VERA ADAM. THIS IS A RETRL, THE FIRST ONE
IN THE SUMMER OF JULY OF 2023
ENDED IN A MISTRIAL.
TWO DEBATES, WHETHER OR NOT
GUILTY WITH LIFE IN PRISON OR
GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY, IN
HEALTH FACILITY. LET’S TAKE A LISTEN.
>> REMAIN STANDING.
MAY THE RECORD REFLECT FOUR
ALTERNATES ARE PRESENT.
MR. FOREMAN, HAS THE JURY AGREED
UPON A VERDICT?
>> YES. >> THE VERDICT IN THIS IN YOUR
PRESENCE? >> YES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I’M GOING TOHAND YOU BACK THE
VERDICT SLIPS SO YOU CAN FOLLOW.
>> MR. FOREMAN, ON 1882-CR-39,
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS VERSUS EMANUEL
LOPES, MURDER OF MICHAEL
CHESTNUT DO YOU THE JURY FIND
THE DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY, NOT
GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY,
GUILTY OF MURDER IN THE FIRST
DEGREE BY DELIBERATE PREMEDTASE
OR GUILTY OF MURDER IN THE
SECOND DEGREE. WHAT SAY YOU?
>> GUILTY OF MURDER IN THE FIRST
DEGREE.
>> DELIBERATE PREMEDITATION?
>> YES.
>> SO SAY YOU? >> YES.
>> SO SAY YOU ALL? >> GUILTY, NOT GUILTY, NOT
GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY,
GUILTY OF MURDER IN THE FIRST
DEGREE BY DELIBERATE
COMMUNICATION OR FELONY MURDER,
GUILTY OF MURDER IN THE SECOND
DEGREE OR INVOLUNTARY
MANSLAUGHTER IN VERA ADAMS.
WHAT SAY YOU, MR. FOREMAN?
>> GUILTY OF MURDER IN THE
SECOND DEGREE.
>> SO SAY YOU, MR. FOREMAN?
>> YES.
>> JURORS, WHAT SAY YOU,
MR. FOREMAN, IS THE DEFENDANT
NOT GUILTY, NOT GUILTY BY REASON
OF INSANITY, GUILTY OF THE LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE OF
ASSAULT TO KILL, ASSAULT WITH
INTENT TO MURDER WITH A
DANGEROUS MURDER.
WHAT SAY YOU, MR. FOREMAN?
>> GUILTY OF THE LESSER INCLUDED
OFFENSE OF ASSAULT TO KILL.
>> SO SAY YOU?
>> YES.
>> SO SAY YOU ALL? >> YES.
>> 004, ASSAULT WITH ATTEMPT TO MURDER WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON.
WHAT SAY YOU, NOT GUILTY, NOT
GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY,
GUILTY OF THE OFFENSE AS CHARGES
OR LESSER OFFENSE.
>> GUILTY OF THE LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE OF ASSAULT TO KILL.
>> SO SAY YOU, MR. FOREMAN?
>> YES.
>> 005.
MASSACHUSETTS VERSUS EMANUEL
LOPES, ASSAULT AND BATTERY WITH
A DANGEROUS WEAPON.
WHAT SAY YOU, IS THE DEFENDANT
NOT GUILTY, NOT GUILTY BY REASON
OF INSANITY OR GUILTY OF THE
OFFENSE AS CHARGED?
>> GUILTY OF THE OFFENSE AS
CHARGED.
>> SO SAY YOU?
>> YES.
>> 006.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
VERSUS EMANUEL LOPES, WHAT SAY YOU, IS THE DEFENDANT NOT
GUILTY, NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF
INSANITY OR GUILTY AS CHARGED?
>> GUILTY OF THE OFFENSE AS
CHARGED.
>> SO SAY YOU?
>> YES.
>> SO SAY YOU ALL?
>> YES.
>> 007.
LARSNY OF A FIREARM.
IS THE DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY, NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY, OR
GAEFT OF THE OFFENSE AS CHARGED.
>> GUILTY OF THE OFFENSE AS CHARGED.
>> 008.
CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE TO A DODGE CAR.
NOT GUILTY, NOT GUILTY BY REASON
OF INSANITY OR GUILTY OF THE
OFFENSE AS CHARGED?
>> GUILTY OF THE OFFENSE AS
CHARGED
CHARGED.
>> 009.
NEGLIGENT OPERATION OF A MOTOR
VEHICLE.
DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY, NOT GUILTY
BY REASON OF INSANITY OR GUILTY
OF THE OFFENSE AS CHARGED.
>> GUILTY OF THE OFFENSE AS
CHARGED.
>> SO SAY YOU ALL?
>> YES.
>> 010.
USE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE.
IS THE DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY, NOT
GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY OR
GUILTY OF THE OFFENSE AS
CHARGED.
>> GUILTY OF THE OFFENSE AS
CHARGED.
>> SO SAY YOU ALL?
>> YES.
>> 011.
VERDICT SLIP, DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY AND THE VALUE WHICH IS
UNDER $1200.
IS THE DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY, NOT
GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY OR
GUILTY OF THE OFFENSE AS
CHARGED?
>> GUILTY OF THE OFFENSE AS
CHARGED.
>> SO SAY YOU ALL?
>> YES.
>> WE WOULD ASK FOR THE JURY TO
BE POLLED.
>> TO THE FIRST TWO INDICTMENTS
ONLY.
>> JUST THE FIRST TWO?
>> YES. >> THANK YOU.
>> JURORS, 001 AND 002.
JUROR 153 SITTING IN SEAT NUMBER
ONE, IS THE VERDICT THAT I HAVE
READ YOUR VERDICT?
>> YES.
>> JUROR TWO, JUROR 15, SITTING
IN SEAT TWO, IS THE VERDICT THAT
I HAVE READ YOUR VERDICT? >> YES.
>> JUROR SITTING IN SEAT NUMBER
FOUR, JUROR 56, IS THE VERDICT
THAT I HAVE READ YOUR VERDICT?
>> YES.
>> JUROR 5 -- JUROR 64 SITTING
IN SEAT FIVE, IS THE VERDICT I
READ YOUR VERDICT?
>> YES.
>> 073 IS THE VERDICT I READ
YOUR VERDICT?
>> YES.
>> JUROR 266, IS THE VERDICT I
HAVE READ YOUR VERDICT?
>> YES.
>> JUROR 366 SITTING IN SEAT
NUMBER 8, IS THE VERDICT I HAVE
READ YOUR VERDICT? >> YES.
>> JUROR SITTING IN SEAT 10,
JUROR 253, IS THE VERDICT I HAVE
READ YOUR VERDICT?
>> YES.
>> JUROR 212 SITTING IN SEAT 11,
IS THE VERDICT I HAVE READ YOUR
VERDICT? >> YES.
>> JUROR 121, SITTING IN SEAT
12, IS THE VERDICT I HAVE READ
YOUR VERDICT?
>> YES.
>> JUROR 13, EXCUSE ME, JUROR
128, SITTING IN SEAT 13, IS THE
VERDICT I HAVE READ YOUR
VERDICT?
>> YES.
>> SITTING IN SEAT 16, IS THE
VERDICT I READ YOUR VERDICT?
IN 16? I’M SORRY, EXCUSE ME.
JUROR SITTING IN SEAT 15, 252.
>> YES.
>> MAY I RECORD THE VERDICT.
>> YES.
>> JURORS YOU UPON YOUR OATH ON
DOCKET 1882-CR-001.
FIND THE FOLLOWING, 001 -- CAN I
HAVE THE VERDICT SLIP BACK.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN LISTENING IN ON
THE TRIAL OF EMANUEL LOPES, HE’S BEEN FOUND GUILTY IN ALL CHARGES
IN MICHAEL CHES NOT AND VERA
ADAMS.
YOU MAY RERD THIS HAPPENED IN JB
OF 2018.
THIS IS THE SECOND TRIAL AGAINST
EMANUEL LOPES, THE FIRST IN THE
SUMMER ENDED IN A HUNG JURY AND
A MISTRIAL.
THE FAMILY HAS BEEN THERE TO SIT
THROUGH MICHAEL CHESTNUT’S
FAMILY, TO SIT THROUGH A SECOND
TRIAL, AND YOU HEARD AN EREPGZ