Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Booker
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 8, 1982PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
The defendant was tried before a jury in the Superior Court and convicted of two counts of armed robbery. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of from seven to ten years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole. The defendant appealed, and this court allowed his application for direct appellate review. We affirm.
The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether the trial judge abused her discretion in admitting evidence of the defendant’s flight and concealment at the approach of the police, as circumstantial evidence of his consciousness of guilt. The defendant argues that…
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