Commonwealth v. Tumpson

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• prosecutor's attempt to exploit absence of witness known to exist but unavailable, was a \deliberate attempt to mislead the jury\ and constituted reversible error where no curative instruction was given by trial court
• prosecutor’s attempt to exploit absence of witness known to exist but unavailable, was a “deliberate attempt to mislead the jury” and constituted reversible error where no curative instruction was given by trial court

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