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Commonwealth v. Norris

Citations

  • 383 N.E.2d 534
  • 6 Mass. App. Ct. 761
  • 1978 Mass. App. LEXIS 645

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  • given informant's earlier past arrest for sale of stolen airline tickets, subsequent statement that person who informant knows has other stolen tickets gives rise to the inference that informant admitted joint participation in the latter crime
  • given informant’s earlier past arrest for sale of stolen airline tickets, subsequent statement that person who informant knows has other stolen tickets gives rise to the inference that informant admitted joint participation in the latter crime
  • admission against penal interest is not conclusive on issue of reliability

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Judges: Hale, Keville, Grant

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