Commonwealth v. Guadalupe

The defendant, Abelardo Guadalupe, was indicted by a Bristol County grand jury for the crime of armed robbery.1 He was then committed to Bridgewater State Hospi*373tal, pursuant to G. L. c. 123, § 15 (b) (1984 ed.), for a total of forty days of observation.2 Following the observation period, the examining physician filed a report with the court which stated that the defendant showed no evidence of acute major mental illness. After a hearing, the judge found the defendant competent to stand trial.

Following a jury trial in the Superior Court, the defendant was found guilty of armed robbery and…