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· 12/12/1980

Commonwealth v. Mosby

Citations

  • 413 N.E.2d 754
  • 11 Mass. App. Ct. 1
  • 1980 Mass. App. LEXIS 1410

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • criticism of counsel in open court creates danger that the judge disfavors the attorney and, inferentially, the position the attorney represents
  • failure of instruction to “point out the particulars which were the basis and purpose for the defendant’s request for an additional instruction” contributed to finding of reversible error
  • defendant’s motion to admit testimony under exception provided in rape shield law
  • certified copies of docket sheets showing defendant’s prior convictions
  • judge’s instructions insufficient to cure prosecutor’s error
  • cunnilingus: male defendant upon female victim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Brown, Dreben, Kass

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