Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. McMaster
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided March 26, 1986PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWarner, J.
The defendant was convicted of armed robbery (G. L. c. 265, § 17) and larceny of a motor vehicle (G. L. c. 266, § 28[a]) after a jury trial in the Superior Court. The defendant’s appeal raises several issues. Where necessary, we state the relevant facts separately.
1. Motion to suppress. The defendant argues that the motion judge erred in failing to suppress the victim’s pretrial identification of the defendant and any subsequent in-court identification because the identification procedure was unnecessarily suggestive and conducive to irreparably mistaken identification.
“We begin our review…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
39 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by16 opinions
- Commonwealth v. OrtegaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. DeVincentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. GalfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. MoralesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
11 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.