Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Pleas
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided June 6, 2000No. 98-P-1204PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
Michael Pleas, the defendant, was convicted by a Superior Court jury of unarmed robbery, G. L. c. 265, § 19, and assault and battery, G. L. c. 265, § 13A. The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial judge erred in allowing a police officer to testify as a lay witness that one of the people shown on the bank surveillance videotape robbing and assaulting the victim was the defendant. We affirm.
1. Facts. Evidence presented at trial warranted the jury’s finding the following facts. On her way home from work shortly after 11:00 p.m. on March 31, 1997, the victim stopped at a *322BankBoston automated…
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- Commonwealth v. VitelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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