Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 12/6/1996

Commonwealth v. Gilbert

Citations

423 Mass. 863
673 N.E.2d 46
1996 Mass. LEXIS 323

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“An infer ence drawn from circumstantial evidence ‘need only be reasonable and possible; it need not be necessary or inescapable’ ”
motive evidence supported conclusion that Commonwealth’s evidence was sufficient to establish malice for murder in first degree
defendant’s statement “properly excluded . . . because [it] was lacking the spontaneity that would have negated possible fabrication”
mere presence at the scene of a crime is insufficient without other evidence
“[C]ircumstantial evidence is competent to establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt”
\circumstantial evidence is competent to establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt\

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Judges: Greaney

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