Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ahearn
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 12, 1976PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The defendant was tried on a complaint charging him with assault with a dangerous weapon on one Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. A verdict of guilty was returned by a jury of six. The defendant was sentenced to two years in a house of correction, suspended until May 13, 1977. In this appeal the defendant’s bill of exceptions raises a single issue, viz.: that the judge improperly excluded, over the defendant’s exceptions, certain questions addressed by defense counsel on cross-examination in an attempt to show bias of prosecution witnesses.
We agree that there was error in the exclusion of the questions,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Greene v. McElroySupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Alford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Commonwealth v. RussMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Commonwealth v. SandlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BohannonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. HensonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Commonwealth v. ConnorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. JoyceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. HaywoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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