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COMMONWEALTH v. RIVERA

No. 03-P-1383.

62 Mass. App. Ct. 859 (2005)

COMMONWEALTH v. JOSUE RIVERA.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

February 8, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen M. Ludwig for the defendant.

Sidney E. Reavey, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: GELINAS, SMITH, & GREEN, JJ.

GREEN, J.

At trial on a charge of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, the defense attempted to establish that the defendant acted in self-defense to repel an attack by the much larger, albeit unarmed, complainant. A District Court jury of six heard conflicting accounts of the episode from prosecution and defense witnesses. On appeal, the defendant claims that errors of three types impermissibly bolstered...

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