Commonwealth v. Travis

The defendant, Gene E. Travis, appeals from

his convictions of murder in the first degree, kidnapping, and unarmed robbery. He asserts various claims of error, each of which we discuss below. We affirm the convictions, and, after our review of the case on both the law and the evidence, we conclude that we shall exercise our power under G. L. c. 278, § 33E (1988 ed.), only to remand the case for a clarification regarding the defendant’s sentence.

We summarize the facts as the jury could have found them. On December 9, 1985, at approximately 5 p.m., Simone Auger left her place of employment,…