Commonwealth v. Cundriff

The defendant was found guilty by a jury on seven indictments charging him with armed robbery while masked (G. L. c. 265, § 17), and one indictment charging armed assault with intent to rob (G. L. c. 265, § 18), and was sentenced to concurrent terms of from fifteen to twenty-five years’ imprisonment at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole. The defendant appealed pursuant to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A - 33G. On appeal, Cundriff raises three issues: (1) the denial of a motion to suppress evidence based on a claim that the police entered Cundriff s apartment without an announcement of…