Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Housewright
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 19, 2015No. SJC 11617PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGants, C.J.
On May 11, 2010, the defendant, Larry House-wright, pointed a weapon at a second-story window where a witness in his friend’s criminal case was standing, and fired as the truck in which he was a passenger drove away. A District Court jury convicted the defendant of intimidating a witness, carrying a firearm without a license, discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building, and assault by means of a dangerous weapon. On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) the judge abused his discretion in allowing the Commonwealth to present a witness’s prior recorded testimony without sufficient proof…
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