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· 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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