Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Dominico
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 31, 1974PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArmstrong, J.
The appellants in this case, Charles Dominico, Carmello Merlino and Rocco Novello, bring their appeals under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G. They were convicted of armed robbery. A fourth defendant at the trial, William Cresta, was found not guilty by the jury. There were five other men named in the indictment: two remained unapprehended at the time of the trial; a mistrial was declared as to one Santo Diaferio; and both Andrew DeLeary and John J. Kelley pleaded guilty prior to the trial and appeared as key witnesses for the Commonwealth. The charges arose out of the armed robbery of a Brink’s…
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