Commonwealth v. Cruz

The defendant, Rafael Cruz, was indicted for armed robbery (01-0152-001), two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon (01-0152-002 and 01-0152-003), larceny (01-0152-004), and shoplifting (01-0152-005 and 01-0152-006). He was tried before a jury commencing March 18, 2002, and continuing until March 21, 2002, when the jury returned verdicts of guilty of the lesser included offense of unarmed robbery, of the two assault with a dangerous weapon charges, and of larceny. The commonwealth nol prossed the shoplifting charge on March 21, 2002.

The defendant timely filed a motion for judgment…