Commonwealth v. Holland

1. Contrary to the contention now advanced by the defendant, neither of the excluded *846questions put to the Commonwealth’s rebuttal witness Goodrich on cross-examination appeared to be directed to any alleged bias on his part at the time of trial. Both questions asked only whether the witness had been aware of certain assumed facts at a time more than a year prior to trial! It was well within the discretion of the judge to exclude apparently irrelevant questions. Commonwealth v. Campbell, 5 Mass. App. Ct. 571, 589 (1977). United States v. Nogueira, 585 F.2d 23, 25-26 (1st Cir. 1978). It was not…