Commonwealth v. Wray

The defendant appeals from his convictions of assault and threatening to commit a crime.1 He claims that the judge erred by barring defense counsel from eliciting from the alleged victim, Rosa Cruz, the sole witness in the case, whether she had made certain statements to defense counsel that were inconsistent with her testimony at trial. We reverse.

Background. The jury could have found the following facts based on the evidence presented at trial. The defendant and Cruz had *404been in a dating relationship for about one month when, on November 19, 2012, they both attended a Narcotics Anonymous…