COMMONWEALTH v. SMITH

No. 87-1337.

26 Mass. App. Ct. 673 (1988)

532 N.E.2d 57

COMMONWEALTH vs. DAVID E. SMITH.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 23, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven W. Parnes, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Nijole Makaitis Slezas, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: DREBEN, KAPLAN, & KASS, JJ.


KASS, J.

On his appeal from convictions of armed robbery and assault with intent to rob, the defendant asserts that the trial judge erred: (1) in permitting the prosecutor to question a defense witness, for the purpose of establishing bias against the government, about criminal charges pending against the witness; and, (2) in excluding a prior inconsistent statement by a victim witness about the name of the man who...

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