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Title: Com. v. Nol
Author : Appeals Court of Massachusetts
Release Date : January 27, 1995
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 46 KB

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Practice, Criminal, Conduct of prosecutor, Argument by prosecutor. Evidence, Demonstration. There had been evidence of five masked men robbing at gunpoint hosts and guests at a gambling party at 63 Hargraves Street, Fall River. The defendant appeals his convictions of armed robbery while masked and a related charge. Notwithstanding his mask, which covered his face from the nose down, several witnesses identified the defendant as one of the masked men by, among other things, voice, height, eyes, and facial contour. Earlier that night, the defendant had been a guest at the party. He was also known to his host and another guest by prior acquaintance. During his closing argument, defense counsel urged upon the jury the difficulty of making an identification of a masked person. In response, the prosecutor, when he closed, put a handkerchief in front of his face in the ways (there were variations) the witnesses had described. The prosecutor went on to say: