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Commonwealth v. Anderson

Citations

  • 445 Mass. 195
  • 834 N.E.2d 1159
  • 2005 Mass. LEXIS 503

How courts have described this case

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

  • issue whether victim said “Please, please” or “Police, police” irrelevant where words were cry for help
  • judge \mitigated any potential prejudice\ by instructing 13 jurors, inter alia, \not to base their verdicts on any sympathy or emotion\
  • judge mitigated any potential prejudice by instructing jurors, inter alia, \not to base their verdicts on any sympathy or emotion\
  • judge mitigated any potential prejudice by instructing jurors, among other things, not to base their verdict on any sympathy or emotion
  • judge mitigated any potential prejudice by instructing jurors, inter alia, \not to base their verdicts on any sympathy or emotion\
  • \statutory exemption for the charge of illegally possessing a firearm . . . is an affirmative defense\

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Judges: Ireland

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