Massachusetts Appeals Court· 6/19/1989

Commonwealth v. Tracy

Citations

539 N.E.2d 1043
27 Mass. App. Ct. 455
1989 Mass. App. LEXIS 355

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concluding common experience of jurors insufficient to establish that value of firearm exceeded one hundred dollars
deprivation of opportunity to observe prospective juror’s demeanor legally insignificant; defendant still retained unused peremptory challenges
presence in getaway car during or shortly after armed robbery is evidence from which jury could infer knowledge of gun
defendant, who had spent time with principal before robbery, was driver of getaway car and engaged in high-speed police chase
fact that joint venturers were “long-time friends and had spent the afternoon together prior to the robbery” supported inference that both had known about planned use of gun
jury could infer knowledge coventurer was armed, in part based on fact they “spent the afternoon together prior to the robbery” and therefore “had an opportunity to plan the undertaking”

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Judges: Dreben, Smith, Warner

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