Commonwealth v. Andrade

A jury returned a verdict of guilty against the defendant Joseph P. Andrade (Andrade) on indict ments charging him with unarmed robbery, assault and battery, and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Andrade attacks his conviction of unarmed robbery (the other convictions were placed on file) on the grounds that: (1) a pretrial confession should have been suppressed; (2) evidence of an impermissibly suggestive photographic identification procedure was received in evidence; and (3) mug shots of Andrade and his brother should not have gone to the jury, and, in all events, were inadequately…