Commonwealth v. MacDonald (No. 1)

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• new trial denied despite comments that defense testimony was perjured and despite derogatory comments on the characters of the defendant and the defense witnesses
• new trial denied despite comments that defense testimony was perjured and despite derogatory comments on the characters of the defendant and the defense witnesses
• defendant failed to object to his absence from judge’s private interview of two jurors, and hence not permitted to raise issue on appeal
• court found that because the defendant failed to object to his absence from private interviews with the jurors, he was precluded from raising the issue on appeal
• jurors asked to tell “bums and hoodlums” of South Boston that crime will not be tolerated found to be improper but cured by instruction from trial judge
• denial of motion for names and addresses of witnesses not abuse of discretion and did not violate constitutional rights where defendant did not show prejudice

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