COMMONWEALTH v. JOHNSON

No. 02-P-1419.

60 Mass. App. Ct. 243 (2003)

COMMONWEALTH v. THOMAS JOHNSON.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 30, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Sultan (Catherine J. Hinton with him) for the defendant.

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

Present: DOERFER, BROWN, & GREEN, JJ.


GREEN, J.

A bar fight broke out early in the morning of August 4, 1996, in a Boston nightclub called "Polly-Esta's." It did not last long, but when it ended Edmund Kelleher's ear was nearly severed as the result of a single blow to his head with a beer bottle (which broke on impact). Kelleher did not see who hit him. Police attention soon focused on the defendant.

On June 16, 1997, a Superior Court jury convicted...

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