Commonwealth v. Santos

A Superior Court jury convicted the defendant of armed robbery and murder in the first degree on a theory of felony-murder in the shooting death of Luis Daniel Rodriguez. On appeal, the defendant claims error in the admission in evidence of statements he made to police following his arrest on unrelated charges; statements made by his codefendant admitted through testimony of the codefendant’s sister; grand jury testimony by the codefendant’s sister, admitted substantively; and testimony of a witness who saw the defendant near the scene of the shooting that he had served time in prison with…