Commonwealth v. Gallo

The defendant appeals, pursuant to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from a conviction under an indictment charging him with violating G. L. c. 268A, § 2(b). The defendant filed a motion for a bill of particulars containing sixteen separate requests; ten were allowed and six denied, and the Commonwealth duly filed its specifications. Thereafter, on the Commonwealth’s motion, the indictment was amended to substitute the date, September 26, 1969, for the date, January 20, 1969 (see fn. 1). A motion to amend various of the specifications was also allowed.

The defendant assigns as error (1) the denial of…