Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Sullivan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 15, 2002PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
Ralph J. Sullivan appeals from his convictions of *800felony-murder, armed robbery, and several lesser offenses, arising out of three episodes in 1994: an armed robbery at A&K Jewelers in Stoneham on June 16; a fatal shooting at Ware Jewelers in Waltham on July 5; and a burglary of BJ’s Wholesale Club in Medford on July 14.1 He asserts numerous errors, including a claim that these indictments should not have been tried together. We affirm the judgments, and decline to exercise our power under G. L. c. 278, § 33E.
1, Facts. We recite the facts as the jury could have found them, reserving certain…
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