Commonwealth v. Fillippini

The defendants were separately indicted for armed robbery while masked and for assault with intent to murder, tried under the provisions of G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, and convicted by a jury on each indictment. They have assigned the following as error: by Fillippini, the denial of his motion for a psychiatric examination of a prosecution witness; by both defendants, the admission of testimony concerning footprints found in the vicinity of the robber’s escape vehicle and near Fillippini’s home; by Andrews, the denial of a motion to strike the footprint testimony and the trial judge’s refusal…