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COMMONWEALTH v. ROSA

412 Mass. 147 (1992)

587 N.E.2d 767

COMMONWEALTH vs. THOMAS ROSA, JR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 9, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brownlow M. Speer, Committee for Public Counsel Services (Gordon A. Oppenheim, Committee for Public Counsel Services, with him), for the defendant.

Mark D. Zanini, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & GREANEY, JJ.

ABRAMS, J.

Convicted of murder in the first degree, kidnapping, and aggravated rape, the defendant, Thomas Rosa, Jr., appeals. On appeal, he alleges that the prosecutor's summation was improper. Rosa asserts that the prosecutor made substantive use of testimony admitted solely to impeach the credibility of the defendant's wife. The defendant concludes that the prosecutor's summation requires reversal. We agree. We comment...

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