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Commonwealth v. Johnson

Citations

  • 470 Mass. 389
  • 22 N.E.3d 155

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  • declining to find abuse of discretion in judge’s denial of request for eyewitness identification instruction where there was no positive eyewitness identification and “no other eyewitness testimony that significantly incriminated the defendant”
  • witness unable to identify defendant in lineup eighteen days after crime, by which time defendant had changed his hairstyle
  • no identification instruction necessary where no \positive or partial identification of [the defendant]\

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Judges: Gants, Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Duffly, Lenk, Hines

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