Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Sampson
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 7, 1979PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
The defendant appeals (G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G) from his conviction of armed robbery (G. L. c. 265, § 17) by a Middlesex County jury. He assigns error in three areas: (1) the denial of his motion for a directed verdict; (2) his identification as a participant in the crime by two police officers; and (3) certain evidentiary rulings made at the trial. We find no error and affirm the conviction.
We summarize the facts that could have been found by the jury at the close of the Commonwealth’s case. About 2:00 p.m. on September 24, 1975, the victim, Salvatore Arena, was at work in his pharmacy in…
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3Cited by13 opinions
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