Commonwealth v. King

The defendant, Michael King, was convicted by a Superior Court jury of one count of armed robbery, G. L. c. 265, § 171; one count of assault and battery, G. L. c. 265, § 13A; *114and one count of intimidation of a witness, G. L. c. 268, § 13B, following the robbery of a convenience store. On appeal, he argues that the judge erred in denying his motion for a required finding of not guilty because the evidence was insufficient to establish either that he was armed with a dangerous weapon at the time of the robbery, or that he interfered with the victim’s furnishing of information to a criminal…