COMMONWEALTH v. WILKINSON


415 Mass. 402 (1993)

613 N.E.2d 914

COMMONWEALTH vs. LANCE A. WILKINSON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

June 3, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jean-Claude Sakellarios, of New Hampshire, for the defendant.

Eileen M. Sullivan, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, LYNCH, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.


LYNCH, J.

The defendant, Lance A. Wilkinson, was indicted on May 30, 1989, for kidnapping and for assault with a dangerous weapon on one Danny Lee Nole. Prior to trial, the Commonwealth filed a motion to preclude the defendant from raising an affirmative defense of "lawful authority" at trial and further requested that the jury be instructed on the requirements of G.L.c. 276, §§ 11-20R (1990 ed.), the Uniform Criminal...

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