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COMMONWEALTH v. WYNTER

No. 00-P-613.

55 Mass. App. Ct. 337 (2002)

COMMONWEALTH v. GRANVILLE WYNTER.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 26, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Shaw, Jr., for the defendant.

Cathryn A. Neaves, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: RAPOZA, KAPLAN, & BERRY, JJ.

BERRY, J.

We reverse the convictions in this case1 because of prosecutorial misconduct in the method of cross-examination of the defendant. The law previously announced, and disregarded by the prosecution in this case, is clear: it is error for a prosecutor to communicate impressions by innuendo through patterned and leading questions with no demonstrated evidentiary or good faith basis, which are crafted to evoke negative and prejudicial...

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