Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Saldana

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided December 29, 2017No. 15–P–1735Published

1Opinion of the Court

After a Superior Court jury trial, the defendant, Luis Saldana, was convicted of three offenses involving the illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.2 On appeal, the defendant contends that: (1) the motion judge improperly denied the defendant's motion to suppress the showup identification; (2) the trial judge failed to give a proper jury instruction regarding the showup identification; (3) the prosecutor made improper comments in his closing argument; and (4) there was insufficient evidence to support the defendant's convictions. We affirm.

1. Motion to suppress. We recite the motion…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  2. Commonwealth v. CraytonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
  3. Commonwealth v. Jones-PannellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
  4. Commonwealth v. CruzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
  5. Commonwealth v. AndersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012

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