Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Cincotta
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 19, 1979PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
The defendant Cincotta, indicted for armed robbery with “features artificially distorted” (G. L. c. 265, § 17), moved before trial to suppress testimony that might be given by two women who were present at the robbery and observed the defendant there, and subsequently made photographic and in-person identifications of the defendant. After a hearing at which these women and a police detective testified in detail, a judge of the Superior Court made findings and denied the motion. A single justice of this court denied the defendant’s application for interlocutory appeal of the order of denial.…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by32 opinions
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