Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/12/1998

Commonwealth v. Marrero

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427 Mass. 65
691 N.E.2d 918
1998 Mass. LEXIS 68

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Commonwealth allowed to introduce significant detail regarding defendant's relationship with victim and witnesses involved in drug business connected to murder
Commonwealth allowed to introduce significant detail regarding defendant’s relationship with victim and witnesses involved in drug business connected to murder
evidence of prior assaultive behavior by defendant occurring in same general locale as assault at issue and under similar circumstances properly admitted
\The prosecution [is] entitled to present as full a picture as possible of the events surrounding the incident itself\ [citation omitted]
evidence of involvement in drug dealing business admissible where relevant to motive for killing
prosecution entitled to present as full picture as possible of events surrounding incident itself

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