Commonwealth v. Kindell

Of four claims on appeal by the defendant Eroy Kin-dell, the closest question pertains to the admissibility of a statement by a prosecution witness that the defense characterizes as a prior consistent statement. We have, of course, considered the other three questions put by the defendant. We affirm the judgment of murder in the second degree.

*201Pertinent facts. In the early hours of November 3, 1991, Chris Bender, the victim, and his cousin Jesse Starks were talking and smoking marijuana in Bender’s blue Mercedes Benz automobile parked across from Bender’s mother’s apartment in the Crescent…