COMMONWEALTH v. LYKUS


367 Mass. 191 (1975)

327 N.E.2d 671

COMMONWEALTH vs. EDWARD STANLEY LYKUS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

March 27, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald D. Harper for the defendant.

Philip A. Rollins, District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: TAURO, C.J., REARDON, QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, HENNESSEY, KAPLAN, & WILKINS, JJ.


HENNESSEY, J.

In this case of first impression in this Commonwealth, the single issue argued by the defendant concerns the judge's allowing in evidence, from an expert witness introduced by the Commonwealth, opinions as to voice identification based in part on visual analysis of spectrograms, commonly referred to as "voiceprints." We conclude that the evidence was properly admitted.

The defendant was convicted, after a jury trial, on three indictments charging...

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