Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/16/1998

Commonwealth v. Hunter

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427 Mass. 651
695 N.E.2d 653
1998 Mass. LEXIS 330

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out-of-court statements concerning witness’s conversation with victim admissible to show hostile relationship between defendant and victim, in order to establish defendant’s state of mind and motive to kill victim
when requested by defendant accused of murder, judge must make individual inquiry where defendant and victim are members of different racial groups
judge did not err in telling jurors that they must consider all of the Cunneen factors and in refusing to withdraw two factors from their consideration
fact that some members of the venire described victim, native of the Philippines, as “Asian” did not entitle white defendant to individual voir dire on racial prejudice
failure to conduct voir dire concerning defendant’s statement to civilian witnesses reversible error where defendant made motion for voir dire, defendant submitted affidavit, and sole issue at trial was defendant’s state of mind
no individual voir dire for Caucasian defendant and Filipino victim

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