Commonwealth v. Cepulonis

The defendant appeals (G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G) from a conviction of armed robbery while masked. On July 7,1973, at about 11:55 a.m., two masked men, each armed with a rifle, entered and robbed the Grafton Suburban Credit Union (credit union); as they entered, they fired into the ceiling. After the robbery, they fled in a white Ford station wagon. None of the eyewitnesses to the crime could identify the robbers; but a woman, Mrs. Bolack, noticed the defendant and another sitting in a white Ford station wagon parked by the credit union just minutes before the robbery. Upon learning of the…