COMMONWEALTH v. YANG

No. 19-P-326.

98 Mass. App. Ct. 446 (2020)

COMMONWEALTH v. JOHN YANG.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

September 17, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew W. Piltser Cowan for the defendant.

Michelle R. King , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: MASSING, SHIN, & DITKOFF, JJ.


A jury convicted the defendant of arson of a dwelling, see G. L. c. 266, § 1, and malicious explosion, see G. L. c. 266, § 102B. The key issue at trial was the identity of the drug dealer known as "Chi," who recruited two men to set fire to a house. On appeal the defendant argues that the judge erred by admitting an in-court identification...

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