COMMONWEALTH v. FERNANDES


425 Mass. 357 (1997)

COMMONWEALTH v. STEPHEN FERNANDES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

July 2, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger A. Cox for the defendant.

John E. Bradley, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


ABRAMS, J.

At issue is whether G. L. c. 233, § 201, requires that the testimony of an immunized witness be corroborated by evidence of the defendant's actual participation in the crime. The defendant, Stephen Fernandes, claims that his conviction of murder in the first degree was based primarily on the evidence of an accomplice who was testifying under a grant of immunity. He asserts that the immunized witness's testimony was insufficient to establish his actual...

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