Commonwealth v. Lovell

The defendant Lovell appeals pursuant to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from convictions on five indictments arising from the armed robbery of a branch of the Suburban National Bank in Woburn on August 9,1973. Lovell assigns as error the judge’s denial of his motion to dismiss the indictments on grounds of former jeopardy and denial of his right to a speedy trial. He also argues reversible error in the judge’s admission of certain evidence tending to show his involvement in crimes with which he was not charged in that State prosecution and in the judge’s response to the jury’s inquiry on the…