COMMONWEALTH v. WEBSTER


391 Mass. 271 (1984)

461 N.E.2d 1175

COMMONWEALTH vs. STEVEN WEBSTER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel E. Callahan for the defendant.

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

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


WILKINS, J.

The circumstances of the trial judge's interrogation of an individual juror concerning "some problems" she was having during jury deliberations require us to reverse the defendant's convictions of aggravated rape, rape, kidnapping, and assault and battery. We allowed the defendant's application for direct appellate review.

On June 16, 1982, the judge charged the jury, two alternate jurors were selected, the jury retired at 3:22 P.M., and the judge...

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