Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/16/2003

Commonwealth v. Daley

Citations

439 Mass. 558
789 N.E.2d 1070
2003 Mass. LEXIS 445

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prosecutor's characterization of defendant as thief was \innocuous\ in light of more incriminating evidence that jury had heard about him
\These questions suggest that the jury engaged in a careful and thorough examination of the evidence ...\
improper for prosecutor to argue that jury should consider evidence of defendant’s bad character as proof that he or she committed crime
prosecutor entitled to question defendant regarding his direct testimony that he had told victim he was on probation for selling cocaine
risk of prejudice in prosecutor’s closing argument remedied by judge’s prompt instruction

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Judges: Cordy

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