COMMONWEALTH v. CALDERON.

No. 97-P-0637.

46 Mass. App. Ct. 483 (1999)

COMMONWEALTH v. TOMMY CALDERON.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Hampden.

March 16, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth M. Diesenhof for the defendant.

Deborah D. Ahlstrom, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: BROWN, PORADA, & GREENBERG, JJ.


BROWN, J.

On appeal from his convictions of possession of a firearm without a firearms identification card and possession of ammunition without the same, the defendant contends (1) that the judge committed reversible error in allowing the Commonwealth to use one of its peremptory challenges to exclude the only African-American from the jury and (2) that trial counsel's failure to object to the judge's jury instruction on reasonable doubt created a substantial risk...

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