Commonwealth v. Clark

The defendant, while serving a sentence in the Hampshire County house of correction for larceny of a motor vehicle, was granted a temporary furlough under the provisions of G. L. c. 127, § 90A. He failed to return from the furlough and was thereafter recaptured and indicted for the crime of escape. He was convicted by a jury and sentenced to a term of imprisonment in State prison. The defendant argues several issues on appeal. There was no error.

1. Through the keeper of records at the Hampshire County house of correction, the Commonwealth introduced in evidence the mittimus upon which the…