Commonwealth v. Dyer

A jury in the Superior Court found the defendant, Charles P. Dyer, guilty of murder in the first degree of Roy Drew on a theory of deliberate premeditation, and also of armed *730assault with intent to kill George Eldridge.1 Before us is the defendant’s appeal from his convictions and from the denial of his motion for a new trial. The defendant argues that he is entitled to reversal of the convictions and a new trial on the grounds that the court room was improperly closed during individual voir dire of prospective jurors; the judge, outside the presence of the defendant, improperly questioned…