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Commonwealth v. Harrison

Citations

  • 331 N.E.2d 873
  • 368 Mass. 366
  • 1975 Mass. LEXIS 1006

How courts have described this case

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  • observing in dicta that “[a]ssuming, . . . the . . . proposition that a false statement by a juror at voir dire automatically . . . undermines the verdict, . . . [i]t would surely be required that the falsehood be not only unmistakable but material and knowing.”
  • juror falsehood during voir dire must be \not only unmistakable but material and knowing\
  • falsehood must be “material and knowing”

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Judges: Tauro, Reardon, Quirico, Kaplan, Wilkins

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