Massachusetts Appeals Court March 19, 1985 (Commonwealth v. Stanton)

On January 18, 1982, a jury convicted the defendant Stanton of the crime of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon upon proof that he had hurled a tire iron through the windshield of a car, thereby causing injuries to the driver.1 There was an appeal to this court for alleged errors of the trial judge. We affirmed the judgment of conviction. Commonwealth v. Stanton, 17 Mass. App. Ct.