Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Austin

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided November 15, 1995PublishedCited by 69 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.

A jury in the Superior Court convicted the defendant on an indictment charging him with armed assault with intent to rob. He was acquitted on an indictment charging him with armed assault with intent to murder. The defendant appealed. We granted his application for direct appellate review. He argues three claims of error. First, the defendant contends that his pretrial motion to suppress out-of-court identifications made by two eyewitnesses was improperly denied. Second, he argues that the trial judge erred in admitting in evidence a surveillance videotape of another robbery, allegedly…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Commonwealth v. SturtivantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
  3. Commonwealth v. Colon-CruzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
  4. United States v. JackmanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
  5. Commonwealth v. VitelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978

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3Cited by69 opinions

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