Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/1/1995

Commonwealth v. Judge

Citations

420 Mass. 433
650 N.E.2d 1242
1995 Mass. LEXIS 229

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hearing on motion to suppress is same proceeding as trial for purposes of waiver by testimony
upholding jury instruction that facts suggested in leading questions answered in the negative are not evidence
during an interrogation, defendant asked if his counsel should be present, was re-read his rights, and then explicitly said he was willing to proceed without counsel
defining deliberate premeditation as requiring that defendant “act with the intent that his actions will cause death and that he acted with sufficient time (even if fleeting) to reflect on that consequence” [footnote omitted]
single improper sentence appealing to sympathy does not require new trial
single improper sentence appealing to sympathy did not require new trial

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Judges: Abrams

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