Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 10/2/2014

Commonwealth v. Howard

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469 Mass. 721
16 N.E.3d 1054

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stating, “I would like to stop at that point” sufficient to invoke right to silence
when defendant decides to stop answering questions, that decision must be “scrupulously honored” [citahon omitted]
confrontations between defendant and victim three months prior to workplace shooting and between defendant and another employee were relevant to defendant's motive and state of mind
based on motion judge's findings, court rejected argument that defendant's Miranda waiver was \conditional rather than unequivocal\
in prosecution for murder in first degree of coworker, admission of prior bad acts showing defendant’s state of mind toward another coworker “was arguably probative of [the defendant’s] state of mind and intent toward the victim”

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Judges: Spina, Botsford, Gants, Lenk

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