Commonwealth v. Ellison

For involvement in the robbery of a pawnshop during which a man was killed, a jury foiind the defendant Ella Mae Ellison guilty on an indictment for murder in the first degree and on four indictments for armed robbery. She received concurrent life sentences. This is an appeal pursuant to G. L. c. 278, § § 33A-33G, from the judgments of conviction; consolidated herewith is an appeal from the denial of her postconviction motion for a new trial.

The defendant contends that her convictions should be reversed and a new trial ordered because of the unsatisfactory character and thinness of the case…