COMMONWEALTH v. PITTMAN

No. 01-P-1245.

60 Mass. App. Ct. 161 (2003)

COMMONWEALTH v. RODNEY PITTMAN.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 11, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Susanne Levsen Reardon, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: PERRETTA, COWIN, & GREEN, JJ.


PERRETTA, J.

On appeal from his convictions of armed home invasion, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, and intimidation of a witness, the defendant's principal argument is that the trial judge erred in refusing to continue the trial in order to secure the presence of a defense witness, whose testimony would have directly contradicted that of the victim in crucial respects, while also refusing to allow that witness's prior

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