COMMONWEALTH v. JONES


360 Mass. 498 (1971)

275 N.E.2d 143

COMMONWEALTH vs. ARTHUR W. JONES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 11, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert V. Greco for the defendant.

Thomas F. Reardon, Assistant District Attorney (Elizabeth C. Casey, Legal Assistant to the District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

Present: TAURO, C.J., CUTTER, REARDON, QUIRICO, & HENNESSEY, JJ.


CUTTER, J.

Jones was charged by indictment dated October 7, 1970, with armed robbery of a store (Honey Farm) in Jamaica Plain on July 19, 1968. He was found guilty by a judge, sitting without jury. The questions argued arise from the failure to arrest Jones until September 4, 1970, although a complaint and arrest warrant had issued from the Municipal Court of the Roxbury District on July 31, 1968. Jones contends that the long delay between

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