Commonwealth v. Stephens

The defendants, Johnny Stephens and Kevin Walker, have appealed from their convictions, by a Superior Court jury, for unarmed robbery, a lesser included offense of armed robbery (G. L. c. 265, § 17), and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, to wit:- a shod foot (G. L. c. 265, § 15A[£>]), and from the denial of their new trial motions. Each defendant raises numerous issues on appeal. We affirm.

Taken in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, the jury could have found the following facts. See Commonwealth v. Latimore, 378 Mass. 671, 677 (1979). On the evening of October 22,…