Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 4/13/1981
Commonwealth v. Estremera
Citations
- 419 N.E.2d 835
- 383 Mass. 382
- 1981 Mass. LEXIS 1201
How courts have described this case
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- concluding that trial court’s instructions on criminal responsibility were equivalent to a proper instruction on malice
- “Absent some reason to suspect that jurors may be so prejudiced ... a judge is warranted in relying upon his final charge to the jury to purge any bias from the jurors prior to their deliberations”
- whether jurors harbored prejudice against psychiatrists
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Judges: Hennessey, Braucher, Wilkins, Liacos, Abrams
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