COMMONWEALTH v. WASHINGTON


402 Mass. 769 (1988)

525 N.E.2d 396

COMMONWEALTH vs. DANIEL J. WASHINGTON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

July 11, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Schneider, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Mary Ellen O'Sullivan, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


ABRAMS, J.

After trial by jury, the defendant, Daniel J. Washington, was convicted on two indictments charging armed robbery. On appeal he alleges prejudicial error in the judge's failure to conduct the colloquy required by Commonwealth v. Sanders, 383 Mass. 637, 640-641 (1981), before examining prospective jurors on the subject of possible racial prejudice.1

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