Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Vaughn
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided October 20, 1986PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFine, J.
A Superior Court jury found the defendant guilty on three indictments 1 charging armed robbery. He urges on appeal that we examine the evidence, in particular a series of photographs and records from the Charles Street jail. He claims, on the basis of this evidence, that a rational trier of fact could not have been satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that he was the robber. See Commonwealth v. Latimore, 378 Mass. 671, 677-678 (1979). The defendant relies principally on Commonwealth v. Woods, 382 Mass. (1980). In that case, a record- supported alibi clashed with the victim’s identification of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. KelleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
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3Cited by16 opinions
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