Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2/4/2011

Commonwealth v. Jenkins

Citations

458 Mass. 791
941 N.E.2d 56
2011 Mass. LEXIS 20

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\The decision whether to testify is an important strategic one to be made by the defendant in consultation with his attorney\
\Reversal is particularly rare where the judge who acted on the motion was also the trial judge\
\Reversal is particularly rare where the judge who acted on the motion was also the trial judge\
\we know that\ and \let's start with\ to introduce descriptions of evidence in closing not improper
\prior cases have suggested that holding the defendant accountable is improper language\
“negative responses are not the equivalent of a failure of memory”

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Judges: Cowin

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