COMMONWEALTH v. MEADOWS

No. 91-P-528.

33 Mass. App. Ct. 534 (1992)

602 N.E.2d 583

COMMONWEALTH vs. BERNARD MEADOWS.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 10, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. O'Neill, Committee for Public Counsel Services (Debra Shopteese, Committee for Public Counsel Services, with her) for the defendant.

Roger L. Michel, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: KASS, SMITH, & PORADA, JJ.


KASS, J.

During the trial of Bernard Meadows for armed robbery, the trial judge on several occasions rebuked or corrected defense counsel. Those expressions of displeasure, the defendant claims on appeal, deprived him of a fair trial. Additional claims of error are that: the judge asked a question of a witness in a manner which suggested that the judge thought the defendant guilty; the judge prematurely cut off a...

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