COMMONWEALTH v. COVIELLO


7 Mass. App. Ct. 21 (1979)

384 N.E.2d 1265

COMMONWEALTH vs. STEPHEN L. COVIELLO.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

January 31, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. McBride, for the defendant.

Susan C. Mormino, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: GRANT, ROSE, & GREANEY, JJ.


GRANT, J.

The defendant has appealed from his convictions on both counts of an indictment for rape.1 Two questions of evidence have been argued.

1. The first question is as to the propriety of a ruling by the trial judge which precluded defense counsel from eliciting any evidence of the defendant's previous convictions in the course of counsel's direct examination of the defendant...

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