Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 4/9/2012

Commonwealth v. Morales

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461 Mass. 765
965 N.E.2d 177
2012 WL 1138770
2012 Mass. LEXIS 253

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record supported judge’s finding that, although defendant was tired, it did not render his will overborne when he made his statements
prosecutor misstated law by improperly suggesting that Commonwealth need not prove all elements of crime charged
\Due process requires a separate inquiry into the voluntariness of [a defendant's statement] apart from the validity of the Miranda waiver\ [citation omitted]
prosecutor's misstatement of law was error, but judge's instructions rendered error harmless
defendant's will not overborne where he willingly responded to questions without hesitation, answered clearly and intelligently, had opportunity to rest between questioning, was afforded his Miranda rights, and there was no evidence of coercive conduct by police
discussing Mavredakis, supra, and McNulty, 458 Mass. at 314-319

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