COMMONWEALTH v. HYATT


409 Mass. 689 (1991)

568 N.E.2d 1148

COMMONWEALTH vs. DWAYNE HYATT.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

April 3, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Judith A. Cowin, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


O'CONNOR, J.

The defendant appeals his convictions of aggravated rape and armed robbery. He seeks a new trial on the grounds that he was erroneously denied a peremptory challenge of a juror; that the prosecutor was allowed an improper challenge; and that certain expert testimony was erroneously admitted in evidence. The Appeals Court affirmed the convictions, 29 Mass.App.Ct. 140 (1990), and we allowed the defendant's application...

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