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COMMONWEALTH v. DONOVAN

17 Mass. App. Ct. 83 (1983)

455 N.E.2d 1217

COMMONWEALTH vs. JOHN T. DONOVAN.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

November 10, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Joseph Giandomenico for the defendant.

Peter W. Agnes, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: BROWN, DREBEN, & KASS, JJ.

KASS, J.

John T. Donovan, the defendant, was convicted by a jury of six of unlawfully carrying a firearm under his control in a vehicle. G.L.c. 269, § 10(a), as amended through St. 1978, c. 175, § 1. On appeal he presses five claims of error, four of which we reject. We do conclude that a line of questions designed to rehabilitate the defendant's credibility was improperly excluded and reverse for...

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