context: There was no error. We recognize that references to a defendant's alias (or nickname) by the prosecution can be prejudicial because "[a]liases can be suggestive of bad character and prior criminality, and therefore raise a possibility that the jury will improperly consider criminal propensity."
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 442 Mass. 1002, 1003
citation_a.parenthetical: prosecution's repeated, gratuitous use of defendant's alias, including comment in closing argument, "How can you trust somebody who has two names at the outset?" was improper and required reversal of defendant's conviction
citation_a.sentence: See Commonwealth v. Martin, 442 Mass. 1002, 1003 (2004) (prosecution’s repeated, gratuitous use of defendant’s alias, including comment in closing argument, “How can you trust somebody who has two names at the outset?” was improper and required reversal of defendant’s conviction).
citation_b.signal: no signal
citation_b.identifier: 423 Mass. 506, 514-515
citation_b.parenthetical: prosecution's repeated use of defendant's alias, "Kilo," in murder case where drug dealing was at issue was improper, but in light of other evidence did not require reversal of defendant's conviction
citation_b.sentence: Commonwealth v. Carter, 423 Mass. 506, 514-515 (1996) (prosecution’s repeated use of defendant’s alias, “Kilo,” in murder case where drug dealing was at issue was improper, but in light of other evidence did not require reversal of defendant’s conviction).