COMMONWEALTH v. KNIGHT


392 Mass. 192 (1984)

465 N.E.2d 771

COMMONWEALTH vs. CALVERT KNIGHT, JR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 15, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph M. Gioia for the defendant.

Michael J. Traft, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.


ABRAMS, J.

The Appeals Court determined that there was no error in denying the defendant's motion for a required finding of not guilty, but felt "constrained to reverse" the defendant's conviction of armed robbery while masked because the trial judge failed to exercise discretion in ruling on the defendant's motion to exclude evidence of his prior convictions from being used to impeach the defendant's credibility. Commonwealth v. Knight,

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