Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 11/13/1981

Commonwealth v. Jackson

Citations

428 N.E.2d 289
384 Mass. 572
1981 Mass. LEXIS 1487

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“We presume, as we must, that a jury understand[ ] and follow[ ] limiting instructions . . . ”
careful, forceful instruction to jurors limiting their consideration of evidence renders any error in the introduction of prejudicial evidence harmless
no abuse of discretion in introduction of evidence that defendant admitted to unrelated crimes when statement unintelligible if references to the unrelated crimes were omitted
no resulting prejudice from judge’s refusal to sequester expert witness and police officer whose testimony was “brief, cumulative, and directed only at a technical link in the chain of custody”
“[t]he evidence was relevant and competent ‘to correct any mistaken conclusions the jury may have drawn [about the witness’s state of mind] from the defendant’s questions as well as to rehabilitate the witness’ ”

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Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Liacos, Abrams, Nolan, Lynch

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