Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/13/2017

Commonwealth v. DePina

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476 Mass. 614

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opening statements \may reference anything that [a prosecutor] reasonably believes in good faith will be proved by evidence introduced\ at trial
judge properly rejected as pure speculation theory that unknown rival drug dealers had motive to kill victim, in absence of any further evidence
judge properly excluded speculative theory that unknown rival drug dealers had motive to kill victim, in absence of any further evidence
\Totem pole hearsay is admissible only if each of the multiple hearsay statements falls within an exception to the hearsay rule\
\A prosecutor's opening statement may reference anything that he or she reasonably believes in good faith will be proved by evidence introduced during the course of the trial ...\
judge properly excluded evidence that, shortly before victim was murdered, unknown assailant assaulted victim with brick where such evidence was not relevant in the absence of connecting links to homicide

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Judges: Gants, Lenk, Hines, Lowy

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