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Commonwealth v. Hicks

Citations

  • 491 N.E.2d 651
  • 22 Mass. App. Ct. 139
  • 1986 Mass. App. LEXIS 1521

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  • recommending that judges instruct that supplemental instructions are to be considered along with main charge
  • although the judge’s interrogation of jurors outside the presence of the defendant constituted error, the error was harmless where defendant failed to object
  • judge’s interrogation of jurors in defendant’s absence regarding newspaper article harmless error
  • judge dismissed all three jurors who admitted reading newspaper article

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Judges: Perretta, Dreben, Smith

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