Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 7/21/1999

Commonwealth v. Freeman

Citations

430 Mass. 111
712 N.E.2d 1135
1999 Mass. LEXIS 491

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describing murder weapon as “butcher knife” was “enthusiastic rhetoric” that did not cross over into improper argument
proper to comment that it was “about time . . . [the defendant] had to accept responsibility for his actions” because criminal responsibility was in issue
in capital cases, we review ineffective assistance of counsel claim for substantial likelihood of miscarriage of justice, a standard more favorable to defendant
defendant’s claim that waiver of Miranda rights was invalid based in part on extreme hunger undermined by fact that he did not finish food given to him
statements made subsequent to crime when coventurers are attempting to evade arrest are admissible
victim repeatedly and violently stabbed at least twenty-three times in head, neck, and chest

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