COMMONWEALTH v. URENA


417 Mass. 692 (1994)

632 N.E.2d 1200

COMMONWEALTH vs. ROBERTO URENA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

May 6, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Goodale, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Frank G. Kelleher, for the defendant, submitted a brief.

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


LIACOS, C.J.

The defendant appeals from his conviction of unlawful distribution of cocaine. We transferred the case to this court on our own motion. The sole issue on appeal is whether the defendant was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel at his trial because his attorney did not object to the trial judge's practice of allowing jurors to ask oral questions of witnesses testifying at trial. We affirm.

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