Commonwealth v. Mormando

The defendant was convicted on an indictment charging him with being an accessory after the fact to the crime of murder. G. L. c. 274, § 4. He appeals pursuant to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G. 1. There was no error in the denial of the defendant’s motion that certain words in the indictment (“The jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do further present that”) not be read or shown to the jury. There is neither logic nor merit to the defendant’s argument that, having heard the quoted words, the jury could have misunderstood its function or could have been misled to believe that another jury…