COMMONWEALTH v. JOHNSON


372 Mass. 185 (1977)

361 N.E.2d 212

COMMONWEALTH vs. LAWYER JOHNSON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 18, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G.S. Flym for the defendant.

Thomas J. Mundy, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


KAPLAN, J.

The defendant Lawyer Johnson, found guilty by a jury on June 1, 1972, of the murder in the first degree of James Christian, appealed to this court from the judgment of conviction and from an order denying a new trial. This court on July 1, 1974, reversed the judgment and set aside the verdict on the ground that the trial judge had committed error in refusing to take measures to order, induce, or compel a prosecution witness, Kenneth Myers, to identify two...

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