Commonwealth v. Sheehan

The defendant appealed from his conviction of robbery of a registered pharmacist; the Appeals Court affirmed the judgment (Commonwealth v. Sheehan, 5 Mass. App. Ct. 754 [1977]); and we granted the defendant’s application for further appellate review. Before this court, the defendant has focused his argument on his claim that the trial judge improperly excluded psychiatric testimony offered on his behalf.

The testimony of the psychiatrist, heard by the judge on voir dire and excluded, was offered to support the defendant’s claims that because of his drug addiction (1) he was not criminally…