Commonwealth v. Moore

The defendant appeals from his conviction of murder in the first degree, and assigns as error the judge’s refusal to allow him to sit at counsel table during trial. He also asserts error in the judge’s refusal to allow impeachment of a prosecution witness by means of a polygraph test, and he argues a number of other evidentiary issues. We affirm the conviction.

The crime was committed in August, 1972. The defendant was indicted in January, 1976, and tried the following June. More than thirty-five witnesses testified at the trial, which lasted two and one-half weeks. The verdict of guilty was…