Commonwealth v. Pasciuti

Following a jury trial in the Superior Court, the defendant, Charles T. Pasciuti, was convicted on indictments charging assault and battery by means of two dangerous weapons (a knife and a handgun), unlawful possession of the knife, unlawful carrying of the handgun, and unlawful possession of ammunition. The jury could have found that in the early morning hours of March 8, 1980, the victim, at the urging of Pasciuti, went to the home of one Delphine Van Tassel in Littleton, where Pasciuti robbed the victim of $200 in cash and a large quantity of controlled substances,1 and assaulted him with…