· 5/6/1982
Commonwealth v. Hesketh
Citations
- 434 N.E.2d 1238
- 386 Mass. 153
- 1982 Mass. LEXIS 1437
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “To allow the police to testify as to their suspicions [as to a defendant’s guilt] would seriously undermine the constitutional protections afforded to all citizens”
- where victim’s subsequent statement “not plainly contradictory” of prior identification, judge has wide discretion to exclude
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Abrams, Lynch, O'Connor
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