Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 10/21/1974

Commonwealth v. Franklin

Citations

318 N.E.2d 469
366 Mass. 284
1974 Mass. LEXIS 719

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judge’s charge that inference against criminal defendant could be drawn from his failure to call witnesses upheld
“A witness may be withheld because of his prior criminaLrecord, or because he is susceptible to cross-examination on collateral issues, or for other tactical reasons”
victims identified two perpetrators, including defendant, but later admitted that they mistakenly identified one of the men
“A witness may be withheld because of his prior criminal record, or because he is susceptible to cross-examination on collateral issues, or for other tactical reasons”
“[n]o case purports to state those conditions required as a minimum before the inference is permissible”
“[n]o case purports to state those conditions required as a minimum before the inference is permissible”

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Judges: Tauro, Reardon, Quirico, Braucher, Hennessey, Kaplan, Wilkins

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