Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 4/14/2000

Commonwealth v. McLaughlin

Citations

431 Mass. 241
726 N.E.2d 959
2000 Mass. LEXIS 172

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evidence of terms of oral agreement not offered for truth of matters asserted, but as proof of existence of conspiracy
“Matters surrounding the history of the conspiracy, including statements of coconspirators, may be admissible even if they predate the conspiracy”
joint venturer’s statement that he had “contract of a husband on a wife,” made fifteen months before joint venture formed, relevant to later joint venture
testimony concerning oral agreement not hearsay because “not offered for the truth of the matters as serted, but as proof of an ‘operative’ statement”
“Matters surrounding the history of the conspiracy, including statements of coconspirators, may be admissible even if they predate the conspiracy.”
“The appropriate statute of limita tions is a matter for the Legislature”

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Judges: Spina

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