COMMONWEALTH v. JOHNSON


21 Mass. App. Ct. 28 (1985)

483 N.E.2d 838

COMMONWEALTH vs. WILLIE MILES JOHNSON.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

August 1, 1985.

October 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry C. Mezer for the defendant.

William T. Walsh, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: DREBEN, KAPLAN, & WARNER, JJ.


KAPLAN, J.

The proceedings herein were so far compromised by prosecutorial overreaching, and by other faults to be described, that we are constrained to vacate the convictions, the relevant indictments to stand for a new trial. We describe the history of the matter and then recapitulate and comment on certain features of it.

1. The Course of Proceedings. The criminal episode, such as it may have been, occurred on November 24, 1981. Paulette Graham,...

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