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· 1/12/1993

Commonwealth v. LaVelle

Citations

  • 605 N.E.2d 852
  • 414 Mass. 146
  • 1993 Mass. LEXIS 9

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • detective testified to state of police knowledge that led to reliance on informant’s tip to seek out defendant
  • extraordinary circumstance where prosecutor intentionally or knowingly deceived grand jury and impaired integrity of grand jury proceeding
  • undercover informant purchased what detectives “presumed” to be cocaine
  • nonvictim's prior false allegations not admissible under Bohannon
  • “[EJvidence of bias is almost never a collateral matter”

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Judges: Liacos, Wilkins, Abrams, Nolan, Lynch

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