Massachusetts Appeals Court· 9/17/1998

Commonwealth v. Johnson

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45 Mass. App. Ct. 473
700 N.E.2d 270
1998 Mass. App. LEXIS 1031

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ruling that admission of the defendant’s prior physical abuse of the victim was proper because it demonstrated his hostility toward her and her reasonable fear of him
concluding that when a verdict is supported on one ground but not another, and it is impossible to tell on which ground the jury relied, the verdict is invalid
concluding that when a verdict is supported on one ground but 18 not another, and it is impossible to tell on which ground the jury relied, the verdict 19 is invalid
“[T]he evidence was probative, and any prejudice was minimized by the judge’s careful instructions to the jury that such evidence could only be used for a limited purpose.”
on charge of violation of G. L. c. 209A protective order, evidence of prior conduct was admissible to show that victim reasonably feared defendant would harm her

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