Commonwealth v. Mills

In January, 1995, Kinisha Mills, eighteen years old, was indicted for the armed robbery on November 28, 1994, of Eric Holness, and for the like crime committed on December 5, 1994, upon Perry Silveria. After jury trial on these charges, the defendant was acquitted of the November 28 charge and convicted of the December 5 charge, and sentenced to imprisonment for two to four years at M.C.I., Cedar Junction, to be served at M.C.I., Framingham.1

Upon the defendant’s appeal, we are obliged to reverse the *501judgment of conviction, with opportunity for a new trial. On the defendant’s claim that…