Commonwealth v. Mahan

Mahan was convicted by a Superior Court jury on two indictments charging him with armed robbery and sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment. Represented by new counsel on appeal, Mahan asserts: (1) that evidence of other bad acts and crimes committed by him and his code-fendant (Dennis Saulnier) was improperly admitted, (2) that the prosecutor’s cross-examination and closing argument concerning the failure of his alibi witnesses to advise the police of their information deprived him of a fair trial, and (3) that his trial counsel furnished him with ineffective assistance.

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