Commonwealth v. Almeida

The majority holds, first, that we should consider appellant’s claim that the charge was erroneous. I think this claim has been waived. When the trial judge asked defense counsel what was wrong with the charge, counsel wouldn’t tell him. I shouldn’t let counsel tell us what he wouldn’t tell the trial judge. Next the majority holds that the charge was not erroneous because it “did not permit the jury to [use] the testimony of one accomplice to corroborate that of another.” Slip op. at 10. I think the charge in its most obvious meaning did permit this. It was at the very least ambiguous. But…