COMMONWEALTH v. ROBERTS


378 Mass. 116 (1979)

389 N.E.2d 998

COMMONWEALTH vs. RONALD R. ROBERTS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

May 15, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Flynn for the defendant.

Susan C. Mormino, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, KAPLAN, WILKINS, & ABRAMS, JJ.


HENNESSEY, C.J.

The defendant was convicted by a Superior Court jury of unarmed robbery and murder in the first degree. The trial judge imposed the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment for the murder conviction and, with the defendant's consent, placed the robbery conviction on file.

The defendant appeals, arguing error in (1) the prosecutor's opening and closing statements, (2) the prosecutor's direct examination of a Commonwealth witness and cross-examination...

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