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Commonwealth v. Brown

Citations

  • 474 Mass. 576
  • 52 N.E.3d 137

How courts have described this case

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  • rejecting argument that jury should be instructed that all juveniles incapable of forming intent for murder
  • expressing \concern for judicial law-making\ in area of \defining crimes and their punishments\ [citation omitted]
  • no substantial likelihood of miscarriage of justice where erroneously admitted evidence did not likely influence jury's conclusion

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Judges: Gants, Spina, Botsford, Duffly, Lenk

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