COMMONWEALTH v. MARTINEZ


384 Mass. 377 (1981)

425 N.E.2d 300

COMMONWEALTH vs. JOSE SANTIAGO MARTINEZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

August 19, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Potters for the defendant.

Dianne M. Dillon, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.


LYNCH, J.

The defendant was convicted on October 20, 1976, of murder in the second degree. He contends that the trial judge erred by refusing to allow the cross-examination of a Commonwealth witness concerning criminal cases pending against the witness and by refusing to permit the introduction of the grand jury testimony of three unavailable witnesses. He further requests that we exercise our power under G.L.c. 278, §...

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