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COMMONWEALTH v. COFIELD

1 Mass. App. Ct. 660 (1974)

305 N.E.2d 858

COMMONWEALTH vs. JAMES L. COFIELD & another (and twenty-two companion cases).

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 15, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey A. Silverglate for the defendant Cofield.

William A. Doherty, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Edward F. Haber, for the defendant Dukes, submitted a brief.

Present: HALE, C.J., GRANT, & ARMSTRONG, JJ.

HALE, C.J.

After a joint trial held subject to the provisions of G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, both defendants were found guilty on four indictments charging assault with a dangerous weapon, on four indictments charging armed robbery, and on three indictments charging kidnapping. Additionally, Dukes was found guilty on two indictments charging rape and Cofield on one.

The defendant Cofield has briefed and argued two assignments of error: (1) that the judge...

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