Commonwealth v. Grammo

Paul Vincent Grammo appeals two convictions by a jury of arson of a dwelling house (G. L. c. 266, § 1) stemming from incidents on the nights of October 19 and 23,1977, at the same multiple family building situated at 379 Birnie Avenue in Springfield. We affirm the convictions.

Grammo argues several assignments of error on appeal. Specifically, he asserts that (1) the motion judge erred in declining to suppress inculpatory admissions given by him to the police after his arrest; (2) the trial judge erred in several evidentiary rulings made in the course of the trial; and (3) the prosecutor’s…