Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Kindell
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 21, 2013No. 12-P-987PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAgnes, J.
The defendant, Gina Kindell, was found guilty of the lesser included offense of assault and battery after a trial by *184jury on a complaint charging her with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon. She raises several issues on appeal, but only one requires discussion. For the reasons that follow, there must be a new trial because the defendant was deprived of the right to cross-examine the Commonwealth’s only witness as to bias.
Background. The Commonwealth’s case was based on the testimony of a single witness, James Hubbard, whose stepson, Steven Kindell, was married to the…
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