COMMONWEALTH v. RILEY

No. 88-P-354.

26 Mass. App. Ct. 550 (1988)

530 N.E.2d 181

COMMONWEALTH vs. RICHARD J. RILEY.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

November 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Regina Zupan, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Cheryl A. Jacques, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: GREANEY, C.J., SMITH, & FINE, JJ.


FINE, J.

The only real issue at the defendant's trial was whether he was the individual who broke into an apartment in Somerville in the early morning hours of July 7, 1981, and attacked the victim. Other than evidence that he glared at the victim when, unexpectedly, she entered a crowded courtroom some five weeks after the incident, the only evidence linking the defendant to the crime was the victim's in-court identification...

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