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COMMONWEALTH v. CHEEK

374 Mass. 613 (1978)

373 N.E.2d 1161

COMMONWEALTH vs. DOROTHY L. CHEEK.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

March 13, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert L. Hutton, Jr., for the defendant.

James W. Sahakian, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

BRAUCHER, J.

The defendant was indicted for murder in the first degree and convicted by a jury of murder in the second degree. Her appeal brings to us the question whether her cross-examination of a prosecution witness as to bias was unduly restricted. She also complains that questions asked by the prosecutor improperly put before the jury certain conversations, and that the prosecutor's closing argument asked the jury to...

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