COMMONWEALTH v. PREZIOSI


399 Mass. 748 (1987)

506 N.E.2d 887

COMMONWEALTH vs. THOMAS L. PREZIOSI.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

April 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Silverman, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Richard A. McGovern, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, & NOLAN, JJ.


HENNESSEY, C.J.

The defendant, after a jury trial in the Superior Court, was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to a term of five years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Concord.1 He appealed. He asserts error in the judge's instructions as they related to the failure of the police to test for fingerprints. The Appeals Court ordered dismissal of the appeal because of the defendant...

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