Commonwealth v. Pacheco

The defendant, Pacheco, was convicted on March 7, 1977, by a jury on indictments charging rape and armed robbery, and sentenced. He contends on this appeal that the trial judge erred in (1) denying his motion for a directed verdict of not guilty on the armed robbery charge; (2) denying his pretrial motions to suppress a statement made by him after his arrest and the testimony of the identification of his voice by the victim; (3) denying his request to call an additional witness at the suppression hearing and exempting the chief investigating police officer from the sequestration order in…