Commonwealth v. Worlds

The defendant has appealed from his conviction on an indictment for armed robbery, urging error in the denial of his motion to suppress all pretrial and anticipated in-court identifications of himself by the alleged victim of the robbery (Lee) and by one King. The following is a summary of the relevant evidence adduced at the hearing on the motion.

Shortly after midnight on July 30, 1977, Lee and King arrived in Lee’s automobile at a disco located on Chandler Street in Worcester. They parked in a lot behind the disco and were walking down a driveway toward Chandler Street when they encountered…