Commonwealth v. Robinson

In 1997, the defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree on a theory of felony-murder with armed robbery as the predicate felony. He was also convicted on four indictments charging armed robbery and one charging unlawful possession of a firearm.1 The defendant appeals from his convictions and from the trial judge’s denial of his motion for a new trial. His appeal consists of the following arguments: (1) the judge abused her discretion by excluding the testimony of a defense expert witness regarding the psychology of interrogations and confessions; (2) the judge erred in responding…