Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 10/23/2006

Commonwealth v. Crouse

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447 Mass. 558
855 N.E.2d 391
2006 Mass. LEXIS 663

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\presum{ing] ... that a defendant who has not testified at trial may still challenge the denial of a motion to exclude evidence of a prior conviction\ and declining to adopt Luce
expert in cause and origin of fire permitted to opine about \delay between fire ignition and alarm activation\
judge acted within discretion in limiting cross-examination, where his \ruling was based firmly on the purpose for which the witness was called\ and did not preclude other inquiries
“To the extent that the defendant’s claim rests on the judge’s failure to assume the role of gatekeeper to preclude the introduction of ‘junk science’ evidence, it is too late for the defendant to request a Lanigan hearing”
“[t]o the extent that the defendant’s claim rests on the judge’s failure to assume the role of gatekeeper to preclude the introduction of ‘junk science’ evidence, it is too late for the defendant to request a Lanigan hearing”

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