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Commonwealth v. Figueroa

Citations

  • 56 Mass. App. Ct. 641
  • 779 N.E.2d 669
  • 2002 Mass. App. LEXIS 1500

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • testimony that photograph depicts “a fair and accurate representation of something the witness actually saw” sufficient to authenticate photograph
  • \Photographs usually are authenticated directly through competent testimony that the scene they show is a fair and accurate representation of something the witness actually saw\
  • statements made to officers during conversation begun by defendant that were not coerced and did not result from trickery were not product of interrogation or its functional equivalent
  • accident is only exculpatory if the crime requires proof that the consequences were intended

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Judges: McHugh

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