COMMONWEALTH v. RAMIREZ


407 Mass. 553 (1990)

555 N.E.2d 208

COMMONWEALTH vs. RAFAEL RAMIREZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

June 7, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Zorza, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

S. Jane Haggerty, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


O'CONNOR, J.

After a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon, larceny from the person, receiving stolen property, and carrying a firearm without a license. The charges arose out of an incident involving the defendant, who is Hispanic, and his former girl friend, who is not Hispanic and is white. Prior to empanelment of the jury, defense counsel requested individual voir dire of the venire on several matters including bias against...

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