Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 9/13/2012

Commonwealth v. Ahmad

Citations

463 Mass. 421
974 N.E.2d 1092
2012 WL 3970559
2012 Mass. LEXIS 834

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“no one may be convicted of a crime... without first being indicted for that crime by a grand jury” [citation omitted]
third-party culprit evidence is \of minimal relevance [if] it [does] not point toward any particular third party who might have committed the crime\
\Efforts on the part of a joint venturer to . . . effect an escape warrant the inference that the joint venture continued . . .\
judge properly excluded evidence that unidentified gang members might have wanted to harm victim, because evidence did not point to any particular third party who might have committed the crime and presented only speculative motive
admissions of party opponent are not considered hearsay
statement of party opponent is nonhearsay

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