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Commonwealth v. Johnston

Citations

  • 467 Mass. 674
  • 7 N.E.3d 424
  • 2014 WL 1345148
  • 2014 Mass. LEXIS 205

How courts have described this case

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  • applying substantial likelihood of miscarriage of justice standard where, although defendant failed to object to jury instructions, he was entitled to \benefit of changes in decisional law ... announced after trial and pending his direct review\
  • no error where prosecutor's cross-examination of expert \went to the thoroughness of [expert's] examination of the defendant\
  • ‘“All references to counsel... should have been the subject of a motion to redact”

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Judges: Spina

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