COMMONWEALTH v. YAZBECK

No. 90-P-1206.

31 Mass. App. Ct. 769 (1992)

583 N.E.2d 901

COMMONWEALTH vs. GEORGE J. YAZBECK, JR.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

January 9, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Shea for the defendant.

Nancy W. Geary, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.

Present: DREBEN, FINE, & IRELAND, JJ.


FINE, J.

The defendant seeks reversal of his convictions of trafficking in marihuana, trafficking in cocaine, and assault by means of a dangerous weapon. We affirm the drug trafficking convictions. We agree with the defendant, however, that an error in the instructions on self-defense, the result of an obvious slip of the tongue which went unnoticed at the time by defense counsel, created a substantial risk of a...

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