Commonwealth v. Haywood

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts · Decided 1979-04-05

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Abrams, J. Wilbert Haywood appeals from his conviction of the murder in the second degree of George Anthony Willis. G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G. Haywood claims that reversal of his conviction is required because: (1) his constitutional right to cross-examine adverse witnesses on the issue of bias was infringed; (2) evidence of an independ…

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