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COMMONWEALTH v. PIEDRA

20 Mass. App. Ct. 155 (1985)

478 N.E.2d 1284

COMMONWEALTH vs. ELBA PIEDRA.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 3, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur D. Serota for the defendant.

Paul Cirel, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.

Present: GREANEY, C.J., ARMSTRONG, & BROWN, JJ.

BROWN, J.

The defendant appeals from her conviction of being accessory before the fact to larceny. The larceny involved was committed by her employer, Dr. Irwin Klepper, who defrauded the Department of Public Welfare of approximately $500,000.

The defendant raises several claims of error. She argues (1) that the prosecutor improperly used peremptory challenges to exclude nonwhite jurors; (2) that the trial judge erred in allowing

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