Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 5/8/2006

Commonwealth v. Clark

Citations

446 Mass. 620
846 N.E.2d 765
2006 Mass. LEXIS 190

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explaining that defendant’s objection to judge’s refusal to excuse juror for cause is preserved for review when a defendant uses a peremptory challenge and “is later ‘forced to accept a juror whom he otherwise would have challenged peremptorily’”
courts “look to preexisting common law as an aid to the construction of undefined terms in a statute”
trial judge's \finding that a juror stands indifferent will not be disturbed except where juror prejudice is manifest\
courts \look to preexisting common law as an aid to the construction of undefined terms in a statute\
“We may look to preexisting common law as an aid to the construction of undefined terms in a statute.”
defendant’s use of one name without disclosing prior use of second name is consistent with intent to conceal earlier criminal history under second name

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