Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Daigle
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 18, 1980PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The defendant, Albert A. Daigle, was convicted of masked, armed robbery following a jury trial in the Superior Court. His motion for a new trial was denied after an evidentiary hearing. The defendant appeals, pursuant to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, both his conviction and the denial of his motion for a new trial. We affirm the conviction.
On December 9, 1971, three masked, armed men robbed the Springfield, Massachusetts, branch of the Community Savings Bank. At the defendant’s trial for this offense, both Louis Swenor and Edward Uschmann testified that they had committed this robbery with the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
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