Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 7/17/1995

Commonwealth v. Green

Citations

420 Mass. 771
652 N.E.2d 572
1995 Mass. LEXIS 305

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setting aside verdicts where evidence did not warrant judge’s joint venture instruction and jury may have relied on that theory
defense counsel’s explanation that juror’s father and brother were police officers adequate to justify peremptory challenge
first challenged juror’s sister-in-law was shooting victim; second challenged juror’s father and brother were Boston police officers
defense counsel’s explanation that juror’s father and brother were police officers adequate to justify peremptory challenge
even if the judge had made a finding of an improper challenge that finding would have been “clearly erroneous”
error for judge to require defense counsel to provide reasons for peremptory challenge before making a finding of impropriety

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