COMMONWEALTH v. VAUGHN

No. 88-P-903.

32 Mass. App. Ct. 435 (1992)

590 N.E.2d 701

COMMONWEALTH vs. DANIEL F. VAUGHN.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

April 24, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin J. Newhouse (James B. Haines with him) for the defendant.

Robert C. Thompson, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: BROWN, DREBEN, & GREENBERG, JJ.


BROWN, J.

The Constitution requires both that a criminal defendant be given a fair and impartial trial and that the government's conduct of the trial be free from all that is deliberately devious or inconsistent with the highest standards of professional conduct. Cf. Commonwealth v. Paiva, 16 Mass.App.Ct. 561, 563 (1983) (a defendant is entitled to "`impartial trial by jury' ..., which all parties should...

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