COMMONWEALTH v. ANDERSON


411 Mass. 279 (1991)

581 N.E.2d 1296

COMMONWEALTH vs. LEWIS ANDERSON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

November 26, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nona E. Walker, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

James F. Lang, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


GREANEY, J.

A jury in the Superior Court found the defendant, Lewis Anderson, an inmate at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction (M.C.I. Cedar Junction), guilty of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, a "razor shank," on another inmate, Charles Jenkins. Jenkins was not called as a witness for the prosecution at trial. The Appeals Court reversed the defendant's conviction and ordered a new trial because the judge refused to give...

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