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COMMONWEALTH v. JOHNSON

No. 89-P-953.

28 Mass. App. Ct. 453 (1990)

551 N.E.2d 1204

COMMONWEALTH vs. JAMES JOHNSON.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 29, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Lauren Inker, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: PERRETTA, CUTTER, & SMITH, JJ.

PERRETTA, J.

At the defendant's trial on complaints charging him with assault and battery and larceny from the person, the jury returned verdicts of guilty. Because the victim is white and the defendant black, defense counsel requested that the jury1 be questioned about racial bias. Although the judge obliged defense counsel, he did not engage the defendant in the required colloquy on...

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