COMMONWEALTH v. DICKINSON


394 Mass. 702 (1985)

477 N.E.2d 381

COMMONWEALTH vs. SHAWN M. DICKINSON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

May 6, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Cutler for the defendant.

Dana A. Curhan, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


HENNESSEY, C.J.

The defendant is appealing his conviction of murder in the first degree. He contends that: (1) the prosecutor engaged in improper impeachment of a key witness by asking that witness to comment, during cross-examination, on the credibility of his former and present testimony and by suggesting that witness's criminal liability for perjury; and (2) the trial judge committed reversible error by failing to deter the allegedly improper impeachment or to...

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