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COMMONWEALTH v. YOUNG

399 Mass. 527 (1987)

505 N.E.2d 186

COMMONWEALTH vs. DAVID YOUNG, JR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 24, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Federico, Committee for Public Counsel Services (Stephanie Page with him) for the defendant.

Judy G. Zeprun, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

WILKINS, J.

We granted the defendant's application for further appellate review to consider the propriety of a prosecutor's closing jury argument which urged the jury to draw inferences adverse to the defendant David Young, Jr., because he sat impassively during the trial. The Appeals Court concluded that the prosecutor's argument was permissible and not unfair. Commonwealth v. Young, 22 Mass.App.Ct. 452...

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