Commonwealth v. Lamont L.

After a jury trial, the juvenile was adjudicated a youthful offender on two counts of assault and battery.1 On appeal, the juvenile claims that the trial judge erred in (1) admitting in evidence the photographic array from which the victim identified the juvenile as his assailant; and (2) including a consciousness of guilt instruction in his charge to the jury. Although we find no merit in the juvenile’s assertions of error on appeal, we reverse and remand to accommodate the requirements of the juvenile offender statute, G. L. c. 119, §§ 52 et seq.

The Commonwealth’s case. The Commonwealth…