COMMONWEALTH v. DEVEAU

No. 91-P-1210.

34 Mass. App. Ct. 9 (1993)

606 N.E.2d 921

COMMONWEALTH vs. JOHN A. DEVEAU.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

January 14, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee A. Drizin for the defendant.

Katherine E. McMahon, Special Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: KASS, SMITH, & IRELAND, JJ.


KASS, J.

During his summation, the prosecutor thrice made comments which the defendant contends slipped over the line of proper argument. We think, in context, those remarks are pardonable. Such toxic effect as may have flowed from an improper question on cross-examination was effectively neutralized by the trial judge. We affirm the judgments convicting the defendant, after a jury trial, of multiple counts of offenses...

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