COMMONWEALTH v. THOMPSON


427 Mass. 729 (1998)

COMMONWEALTH v. CHARLES Y. THOMPSON, JR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

July 6, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brownlow M. Speer, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Brian A. Wilson, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, GREANEY, FRIED, MARSHALL, & IRELAND, JJ.


FRIED, J.

The defendant appeals from convictions of unarmed robbery and of being a habitual criminal. He claims that his unarmed robbery conviction ought to be reversed because the evidence against him was the tainted fruit of an unlawful stop by the police, and the robbery victims' identifications of him violated his due process rights. The defendant also challenges the habitual criminal conviction on the grounds that the...

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