Commonwealth v. Lewis, 356 N.E.2d 259

There is no question whatsoever as to the sufficiency of ‍‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‍the evidence to warrant convictions on both the remaining indictments. None of the other assignments of error is based ‍‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‍on an exception (see Commonwealth v. Ferguson, 3 Mass. App. Ct. 796 [1975]), and there is nothing in the record (or in the probation report ‍‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‍marked for identification) to suggest that a “ ‘substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice’ (Commonwealth v. Freeman, 352 Mass. 556, 564 [1967]) ‍‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‍will result from our following the usual rule of refusing to pass on exceptions not taken (Commonwealth v. Foley, 358 Mass. 233, 236 ‍‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‍[1970]; Commonwealth v. Underwood, 358 Mass. 506, 509-510 [1970]).” Commonwealth v. O’Neil, 3 Mass. App. Ct. 768 (1975).

Judgments affirmed.

Case Details

Case Name: Commonwealth v. Lewis

Court Name: Massachusetts Appeals Court

Date Published: Oct 21, 1976

Citations: 356 N.E.2d 259; 4 Mass. App. Ct. 844; 1976 Mass. App. LEXIS 643

Court Abbreviation: Mass. App. Ct.