SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT DIRK GKEINEDER - Mass Cases

On cross-examination, the prosecutor xepeatedly
attacked Greineder's testimony that he attempted to pick
up Ms. Greineder three times, focusing on his failure to
tell the police this detail earlier and suggesting that
his trial testimony had been fabricated in response to
the Commonwealth's evidence and in an effort to buttress '
the defense case. The prosecutor asked Greineder: "You
never told the police that [you tried to pick up your
wife a number of times] prior to today, did you?"
Greineder replied: "They never asked. 'I E. 20/144. The
prosecutor continued, asking Greineder twice whether "the
first time you ever mentioned that to anybody in any kind
of law enforcement capacity was here today at trial." a.
at 146 (emphasis added). Defense counsel's objection was
twice sustained. Undaunted, the prosecutor continued:
" [Wlhen you spoke to investigators about the death of
your wife, did you aver mention that you had tried to
pick her up more than once?" a. (emphasis added)
The prosecutor implied that expert testimony
regarding stains on Greineder's jacket had prompted a
change in Greineder's story: "[Dlid the testimony
regarding this jacket have anything to do with jarring
your memory on that?" B. 20/152. When Greineder denied
this, the prosecutor then asked whether Greineder thought
it was important to mention his multiple attempts to pick
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