Commonwealth v. Cromartie

The defendant has appealed from his conviction on a complaint charging assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon (G. L. c. 265, § 15A), having waived indictment under G. L. c. 263, § 4A, as amended by St. 1979 c. 344, § 18. He assigns as error the denial of his motion to suppress certain inculpatory statements made to the police, the admission of certain evidence and the judge’s charge.

1. The inculpatory statements of the defendant were not directly made in response to any questions and were made about an hour after Miranda warnings had been given to the defendant, who acknowledged…