Com. v. Downward, J.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “When prejudice, including confusion of the jury, is possible, the judge must weigh the probative value of the evidence against such danger”
• hearsay inadmissible to show that third party may have committed crime unless certain criteria are met
• “When prejudice, including confusion of the jury, is possible, the judge must weigh the probative value of the evidence against such danger”
• where trial counsel did not object at trial, we look only for a substantial likelihood of a miscarriage of justice
• defendant allowed to offer evidence of third-party culprit and to argue it as theory of defense
• hearsay inadmissible to show that third party may have committed crime unless certain criteria are met

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).