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COMMONWEALTH v. ARTHUR

No. 90-P-867.

31 Mass. App. Ct. 178 (1991)

575 N.E.2d 1147

COMMONWEALTH vs. MICHAEL ARTHUR.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

August 6, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. LaChance for the defendant.

Rosemary D. Mellor, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: PERRETTA, PORADA, & LAURENCE, JJ.

LAURENCE, J.

Michael Arthur presents four errors on appeal from his conviction on two of four indictments charging indecent assault and battery on his minor stepdaughter, Lisa.1 We need deal at length with only one: the trial judge's exclusion of the defendant's proffered evidence of Lisa's bad reputation for truthfulness. We agree with Arthur that the judge committed prejudicial error in refusing to admit evidence of Lisa's reputation...

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