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Panel weighs sufficiency of identification and judge’s conduct in Baron Garcia appeals
Summary
Defense argued that inconsistent descriptions, unintroduced knife evidence, and the presence of two suspects made identification of Baron Garcia insufficient; defense also alleged the suppression‑hearing judge’s questions created an appearance of partiality. The Commonwealth urged that witness identifications and arrest sequence support the convictions. The court took argument under advisement.
The three‑justice panel considered whether evidence presented at trial was sufficient to link Baron Garcia to one of two separate knife assaults and whether the trial judge’s conduct at a motion‑to‑suppress hearing created an appearance of partiality.
Hannah Taylor, arguing for Baron Garcia, urged that material discrepancies between the two offenses—differences in clothing, mask use, number of companions, and the knives described—meant no reasonable juror could find Garcia was…
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