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· 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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