Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 5/5/1999

Commonwealth v. Beal

Citations

429 Mass. 530
709 N.E.2d 413
1999 Mass. LEXIS 203

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recognizing that while prosecution has duty to disclose exculpatory information in its or its agents’ possession, duty does not require making “defense-directed inquiries of independent witnesses, including complainants”
vacating Superior Court order directing prosecutor to question complainant regarding mental health treatment
excluding complainants and independent witnesses unaffiliated with investigation from prosecution team
although a prosecutor “cannot inhibit access to a witness ... [a] prosecutor has no duty to help the defendant generate information from an independent witness”
prosecutors’ duty to disclose extends to information in their possession or in possession of persons subject to their control
prosecutor under no duty to seek and disclose information relating to rape complainant’s mental health treatment

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