Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 4/29/1982

Commonwealth v. Collins

Citations

434 N.E.2d 964
386 Mass. 1
1982 Mass. LEXIS 1422

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finding misrepresentation in prosecutor’s implication to jury that there was “nothing he . . . could do” for the witness, where prosecutor had an outstanding offer of a reduced sentence
“[EJvidence tending to impeach the credibility of a key prosecution witness is ‘clearly exculpatory’ ”
\Evidence tending to impeach the credibility of a key prosecution witness is clearly exculpatory\
“Evidence tending to impeach the credibility of a key prosecution witness is clearly exculpatory”
\[E]vidence tending to impeach the credibility of a key prosecution witness is 'clearly exculpatory'\
“We are aware of the effect that any inference of prosecutorial favoritism might have on a jury’s estimation of a witness’s credibility. . . . Such information was capable of creating a reasonable doubt which did not otherwise exist as to guilt”

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Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Liacos, Lynch, O'Connor

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