COMMONWEALTH v. RIOS


412 Mass. 208 (1992)

588 N.E.2d 6

COMMONWEALTH vs. GREGORIO RIOS (and five companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

March 12, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Page Kelley, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for Gregorio Rios.

Edward C. Bryant, Jr., for Elba Pratts.

Elizabeth Dunphy-Farris, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


WILKINS, J.

We reverse the defendants' convictions because, in violation of their constitutional rights, the trial judge barred the defendants from a portion of their trial during which testimony was presented. The judge excluded the defendants, but not their counsel, from the courtroom during the testimony of a police officer concerning the location from which, as he testified, he saw the defendants engage in unlawful sales...

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