Commonwealth v. Hoffer

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “inextricably intertwined with the description of events on the night of the [drug transaction] and thus was highly relevant”
• transcript \furnishe[d] no basis for concluding . . . [witness] was not testifying from present memory\
• “Once sufficient evidence is presented to warrant submission of the charges to the jury, it is for the jury alone to determine what weight will be accorded to the evidence”
• prosecutor entitled on redirect to explore circumstances of “lies” by witness referred to in cross-examination “and to demonstrate the statements were generally consistent with . . . [witness’s] direct testimony”
• trial judge has discretion to allow or limit questioning on redirect examination
• immediate termination of improper line of argument

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).