COMMONWEALTH v. ALLEN

No. 90-P-444.

29 Mass. App. Ct. 373 (1990)

560 N.E.2d 704

COMMONWEALTH vs. MICHAEL ALLEN.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

October 15, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol A. Donovan, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Wendy Murphy, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: KASS, SMITH, & IRELAND, JJ.


SMITH, J.

The defendant was convicted by a jury on indictments charging him with armed robbery and assault by means of a dangerous weapon.1 The defendant raises one issue on appeal; namely, that the judge improperly excluded a line of questioning by which defense counsel intended to show bias of the complaining witness.

At trial, the Commonwealth presented the following evidence. On October 6, 1987, the victim, a twenty-five year...

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