Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/12/2003

Commonwealth v. Lynch

Citations

439 Mass. 532
789 N.E.2d 1052
2003 Mass. LEXIS 443

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holding witness’s alleged wearing of sunglasses would not have violated “face to face” confrontation under the Massachusetts constitution
erroneous instruction, read in context of otherwise correct charge, would not have been misunderstood by jurors
“It is significant that no affidavit from trial counsel was submitted in connection with [the defendant’s] motion for a new trial”
“[I]t is significant that no affidavit from trial counsel was submitted in connection” with the motion for new trial
defendant’s “self-serving affidavit and the affidavit from appellate counsel failed to establish a prima facie case for relief and, therefore, for postconviction discovery”
two incorrect instructions and two correct instructions on voluntary manslaughter did not create substantial likelihood of miscarriage of justice where judge \repeatedly emphasized\ proper burden of proof throughout

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