Commonwealth v. Martino

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• finding exigent circumstances where police had reason to believe that defendant’s attorney, who had entered the apartment, was preparing to remove items and the police did not have time to obtain a warrant
• defendant’s absence from communications between judge and jury does not constitute per se reversible error
• weight and credibility of evidence is “a matter wholly within the province of the jury”
• no reversible error where, after voir dire, defendant was fully informed of reason for juror's discharge and agreed to her dismissal
• “[t]he prosecutor was entitled to comment on the difference between the defendant’s pretrial statements and his trial testimony”
• prosecutor entitled to comment on difference between defendant’s post-Miranda pretrial statements and his testimony at trial

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