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COMMONWEALTH v. JOHNSON

431 Mass. 535 (2000)

COMMONWEALTH v. DOUGLAS JOHNSON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 16, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brownlow M. Speer, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Amanda Lovell, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, & COWIN, JJ.

SPINA, J.

A jury found the defendant, Douglas Johnson, guilty of assault with intent to commit rape, G. L. c. 265, § 24, and indecent assault and battery on a mentally retarded person, G. L. c. 265, § 13F. On appeal, the defendant argues that he is entitled to a new trial because (1) the judge refused to permit any cross-examination of the Commonwealth's principal witness as to the witness's possible racial bias...

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