Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 4/24/1972

Commonwealth v. Miller

Citations

282 N.E.2d 394
361 Mass. 644
1972 Mass. LEXIS 938

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testimony that drug users had mentioned the defendant’s name admissible to show reason for undercover activity against the defendant
purpose was to show police state of knowledge that impelled their approach to the defendant
“the defence of entrapment is appropriately raised ... by the introduction of some evidence of inducement by a government agent or one acting at his direction”
state of police knowledge admissible for the limited purpose of showing “good cause” for subsequent undercover activity by the police
out-of-court statements are admissible when offered to explain why the police approached the defendant and to avoid the impression that the police acted arbitrarily in singling out the defendant
out-of-court statements admissible to explain why the police officer approached the defendant

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Judges: Cutter, Reardon, Quirico, Braucher, Hennessey

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