COMMONWEALTH v. DODGE


391 Mass. 636 (1984)

462 N.E.2d 1363

COMMONWEALTH vs. ROBERT K. DODGE (and three companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

April 11, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geline W. Williams for Robert K. Dodge.

John P. Corbett, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Susan G. Kauffman, for William H. Hardy, submitted a brief.

Present: WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

The defendants were convicted of armed robbery and armed assault with intent to murder on the basis of identifications made by Paul K. Foley, a witness who had been hypnotized before he made a positive identification of either defendant. We reverse the convictions because Foley's identification testimony was not admissible in evidence.

We recite the basic circumstances of the crime and of the events leading to the defendant's arrests. On the night...

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