COMMONWEALTH v. HOBBS


385 Mass. 863 (1982)

434 N.E.2d 633

COMMONWEALTH vs. JACKIE J. HOBBS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 28, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milly Whatley for the defendant.

Michael J. Traft, Assistant District Attorney (Eugene M. Russell, Legal Assistant to the District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


HENNESSEY, C.J.

The defendant was convicted on several charges arising from an attack upon two children in their home. His principal argument on appeal is that he was denied a public trial. He also claims that the judge erred in refusing several requests concerning jury instructions, and in declining to question prospective jurors individually on the issue of racial bias. We find no error, and affirm the judgments of conviction.

The two victims, whom we shall...

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