Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 7/22/1975

Commonwealth v. MacDonald (No. 1)

Citations

333 N.E.2d 189
368 Mass. 395
1975 Mass. LEXIS 1009

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new trial denied despite comments that defense testimony was perjured and despite derogatory comments on the characters of the defendant and the defense witnesses
new trial denied despite comments that defense testimony was perjured and despite derogatory comments on the characters of the defendant and the defense witnesses
defendant failed to object to his absence from judge’s private interview of two jurors, and hence not permitted to raise issue on appeal
court found that because the defendant failed to object to his absence from private interviews with the jurors, he was precluded from raising the issue on appeal
jurors asked to tell “bums and hoodlums” of South Boston that crime will not be tolerated found to be improper but cured by instruction from trial judge
denial of motion for names and addresses of witnesses not abuse of discretion and did not violate constitutional rights where defendant did not show prejudice

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