· 5/7/1986
Commonwealth v. Lemar
Citations
- 492 N.E.2d 105
- 22 Mass. App. Ct. 170
- 1986 Mass. App. LEXIS 1556
How courts have described this case
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- considering necessity of specific unanimity instruction where Commonwealth alleged three separate criminal episodes
- \[i]t does not appear likely that the jury verdict would have been different\ had judge, sua sponte, given specific unanimity instruction
- no substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice from absence of specific unanimity instruction where indecent assault and battery charge supported by evidence of three incidents
- court will review jury instruction for “plain error”
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Judges: Armstrong, Kaplan, Warner
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