Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Benoit
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided February 12, 1992No. 91-P-755PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGillerman, J.
Having appealed from convictions of armed robbery and assault and battery, the defendant claims prejudicial error in the admission of certain testimony which the Commonwealth argues was entirely proper under the provisions of G. L. c. 233, § 23 1
A jury could have found the following facts. The Commonwealth’s principal witness, George Rice, was an assistant manager of a Texaco gasoline station. Rice was responsible for various activities including bank deposits. On September 17, 1989, Rice prepared the deposit of the night’s receipts and drove to the Shawmut Bank on West Boylston Street in…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Commonwealth v. TavaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- United States v. Theodore D. MorlangCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Clinton WebsterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Barry Kendall Hogan, and Mark Bradford HoganCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Nathaniel Clifton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Commonwealth v. McAfeeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- Commonwealth v. MorganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
- Commonwealth v. EvansMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
- Cramer v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. StewartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
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