Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Walker
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 9, 1995PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.
The defendant, Stephen R. Walker, was indicted for armed robbery of a Dunkin’ Donuts restaurant in downtown Boston. Prior to trial, the defendant, pro se, moved to suppress both in-court and out-of-court identifications of him on the ground that the pretrial identification procedures were unnecessarily suggestive. No evidentiary hearing was held on the admissibility of the identification evidence. The trial judge denied the motion, and the case went to trial, the defendant appearing pro se. A jury found him guilty of armed robbery, and he was sentenced to a term of from nineteen to twenty…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- United States v. Melvin TelfaireCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Commonwealth v. KozecMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. ToneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
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3Cited by37 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. HalletMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
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- Commonwealth v. VizcarrondoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
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