Commonwealth v. Lane

After he was convicted of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition1 arising out of the shooting of Angelique Adamuska, the defendant, Nakia D. Lane, moved for a new trial *592on the ground that he had been ineffectively represented by his counsel. The judge who had presided over the trial granted the motion, concluding that, in a case in which identity was the central issue and defense counsel had essentially promised in his opening statement that the jury would hear from a witness, Norman Levesque, who had provided a description of…