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COMMONWEALTH v. MITCHELL

12 Mass. App. Ct. 354 (1981)

424 N.E.2d 1149

COMMONWEALTH vs. SAMMIE L. MITCHELL.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

August 19, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brownlow M. Speer for the defendant.

Rosemary Ford, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: DREBEN, ROSE, & KASS, JJ.

KASS, J.

Three errors, the defendant asserts, attended his convictions of armed robbery in a dwelling house and masked armed robbery: (1) improper closing argument by the prosecutor; (2) an error in the jury instructions; and (3) improper limitation on the defense's cross-examination of the chief prosecution witness.

1. Improper closing argument. In his closing argument, the prosecutor asked the jury...

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