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Commonwealth v. Leach

Citations

  • 73 Mass. App. Ct. 758
  • 901 N.E.2d 708
  • 2009 Mass. App. LEXIS 265

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  • \The jury may infer the requisite mental state from the defendant's knowledge of the attendant circumstances and his subsequent participation in the offense\
  • although the joint venturers were imprisoned, statements were admissible because they were made shortly after the crime and for the purpose of concealment
  • incarcerated coventurers' discussion of need asserted, and therefore not hearsay at all. No such limiting instruction was given at trial. 34 for silence

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Judges: Graham

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