Commonwealth v. Bolduc

383 Mass. 744 (1981)

422 N.E.2d 764

COMMONWEALTH

vs.

FRANK A. BOLDUC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 7, 1981.

June 11, 1981.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., BRAUCHER, WILKINS, LIACOS, & NOLAN, JJ.

Stephen M. Needle, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Robert L. Sheketoff for the defendant.

WILKINS, J.

We reverse the defendant's convictions be cause the judge obliged the defendant to disclose the names of his potential witnesses in the presence of the jury at the commencement of the trial and the defendant ultimately elected not to call three of the four disclosed,…