Commonwealth v. Lockley

On February 1, 1979, Michael Lockley was convicted of the crime of robbing one Iwilla D. Thorn on November 10, 1977, and was sentenced to five years and one day at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Concord. He appeals under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33H, and cites as error (1) the denial of his pretrial motion that he be given a polygraph test to be performed at public expense; (2) the denial of his motion that he be permitted to sit at counsel table with his attorney during the trial; and (3) the admission in evidence of certain mugshot photographs of him from which Thorn had identified…