COMMONWEALTH v. PLEAS

No. 98-P-1204.

49 Mass. App. Ct. 321 (2000)

COMMONWEALTH v. MICHAEL PLEAS.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas J. Beaton for the defendant.

Christopher Pohl, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: KASS, GREENBERG, & BECK, JJ.


KASS, J.

Michael Pleas, the defendant, was convicted by a Superior Court jury of unarmed robbery, G. L. c. 265, § 19, and assault and battery, G. L. c. 265, § 13A. The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial judge erred in allowing a police officer to testify as a lay witness that one of the people shown on the bank surveillance videotape robbing and assaulting the victim was the defendant. We affirm.

1. Facts. Evidence presented at trial...

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