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.
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