· 4/20/1978
Commonwealth v. Amazeen
Citations
- 375 N.E.2d 693
- 375 Mass. 73
- 1978 Mass. LEXIS 956
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that the trial court did not err in excusing a juror previously sentenced to six months in jail
- unnecessary to repeat manslaughter instruction when jury inquired what constituted murder in first and second degrees
- judge found indifferent a prospective juror who knew prosecutor, was a member of the same church parish, went to the same high school, and stated that connections would not affect his impartiality
- “To the extent that conflicting inferences are possible from the evidence, ‘it is for the jury to determine where the truth lies’ ”
- “To the extent that conflicting inferences are possible from the evidence, ‘it is for the jury to determine where the truth lies’ ”
- “To the extent that conflicting inferences are possible from the evidence, ‘it is for the jury to determine where the truth lies’ ”
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Judges: Hennessey, Quibico, Kaplan, Liacos, Abrams
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