Massachusetts Appeals Court· 5/6/1998

Commonwealth v. Manning

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44 Mass. App. Ct. 695
693 N.E.2d 704
1998 Mass. App. LEXIS 398

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references by witnesses to aliases defendant had used in past was relevant to identification of defendant as shooter, and therefore properly permitted
taint of illegal arrest dissipated despite short time between arrest and taking of booking photograph, with no intervening circumstances
defendant's stance and ability to conceal weapon permitted inference its barrel was sixteen inches or less
“[i]t is well established that if the illegal arrest was for investigatory purposes, solely to acquire data regarding the defendant, the evidence should be suppressed”
\the taking of the defendant's photograph during the booking process was standard police procedure . . . and bore no relation to the purpose or validity of the arrest\
evidence before grand jury that defendant was identified by the victim of shooting, that victim had previously been acquainted with defendant, and that bullet lodged in victim was of same type used in gun in defendant’s possession

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