Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Barry
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 12, 1986PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
Joseph A. Barry was tried on an indictment charging him with murder in the first degree and on three indictments charging him with armed robbery. The jury returned verdicts of not guilty on the murder indictment and guilty on the indictments for armed robbery. Barry appealed his convictions, and we transferred the case to this court. As grounds for his appeal, Barry claims that (1) the trial judge erred in denying the defendant’s motion for a required finding of not guilty; (2) the judge erred in that he violated Rule 6 of the Superior Court (1974) by requiring the defendant to exercise his…
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