Commonwealth v. Campbell

Richard Campbell appeals from his conviction for assault and battery on Deputy Sheriff Melvin Massucco of the *480Nashua Street jail.1 The defendant claims (1) that the judge erred when he excluded the defendant’s testimony regarding problems between the defendant and Massucco alleged to have occurred earlier on the day of the offense; and (2) that the judge abused his discretion when he failed to replace a juror who had complained about the inefficiency of the trial and also failed to conduct individual voir dire of the jurors to determine whether they had been improperly influenced by the…