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COMMONWEALTH v. PERSON

400 Mass. 136 (1987)

508 N.E.2d 88

COMMONWEALTH vs. JOHNNIE H. PERSON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

June 1, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maureen B. Brodoff, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

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

Present: WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

ABRAMS, J.

After trial by jury, the defendant, Johnnie H. Person, was convicted of murder in the second degree1 of Sandra Thomas. The defendant appeals, arguing that the prosecutor improperly commented on the defendant's right to confront the witnesses against him by arguing that the defendant's testimony was "completely tailored" because he sat in the courtroom and listened to the evidence for...

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