State v. Rogers

NICHOLS, Justice.

The Defendant, Richard S. Rogers, brings this appeal from the judgments of conviction on charges of escape, 1 armed robbery, 2 and armed assault and battery 3 entered in Superior Court in Cumberland County. He was there tried by jury upon pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. He argues here that the evidence was insufficient on the escape charge to permit a finding of lawful detention, that the presiding justice erroneously allowed a reference to a prior crime committed by the Defendant, and that the court below improperly refused to…