Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Riggins
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 25, 1974PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The defendant was found guilty of armed robbery, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, and assault with intent to murder, all in connection with an armed robbery of a bank in East Long-meadow. Because of certain difficulties in connection with the preservation of the defendant’s opportunity for appellate review by means of a bill of exceptions, the judge has reported six questions to us. G. L. c. 278, § 30. Five of these questions relate to the basic issue whether the proceeds of the bank robbery and items used in the bank robbery should have been excluded from evidence because…
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