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COMMONWEALTH v. FERRARA

368 Mass. 182 (1975)

330 N.E.2d 837

COMMONWEALTH vs. RICHARD FERRARA (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 20, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher D. Dye for the defendant Ferrara.

Alfred P. Farese for the defendant Benjamin.

Philip T. Beauchesne, Assistant District Attorney, (Sandra L. Hamlin, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

Present: TAURO, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, HENNESSEY, & KAPLAN, JJ.

HENNESSEY, J.

These are appeals under G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33H. The defendants had been indicted and tried for the murder of George Pratt, and a jury returned verdicts of guilty of manslaughter against both defendants.

The defendants argue multiple assignments of error. We have concluded that they must have a new trial by reason of constitutional error in the denials of their motions to be allowed to use, in cross-examination, records of the juvenile...

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