COMMONWEALTH v. BRANGAN

SJC-12037.

475 Mass. 143 (2016)

COMMONWEALTH v. JAHMAL BRANGAN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

August 12, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amal Bala, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Merritt Schnipper for the defendant.

Present: GANTS, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, DUFFLY, LENK, & HINES, JJ.


On March 13, 2015, a jury convicted the defendant of armed robbery while masked, in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 17. During closing argument, the defendant objected to a series of the prosecutor's statements, and at its conclusion moved for a mistrial, claiming that those statements constituted prejudicial error. The trial judge,...

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