Commonwealth v. Hesketh

The defendant Edward Hesketh was convicted of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon (a baseball bat) and malicious destruction of property. On appeal, the defendant claims error in (1) the judge’s refusal to allow a witness for the defense to invoke the privilege against self-incrimination in front of the jury; (2) the exclusion of two questions on cross-examination during the trial; and (3) the judge’s decision to allow the prosecution to use the failure to report exculpatory information to law enforcement officials to impeach two defense witnesses. We affirm.

At trial, the main…