Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 11/20/2000

Commonwealth v. O'Connell

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432 Mass. 657
738 N.E.2d 346
2000 Mass. LEXIS 706

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requiring knowledge of possession, but not knowledge of barrel length, to be convicted of possession of sawed-off shotgun with barrel less than statutory minimum, G. L. c. 269, § 10 [ c ]
prosecutor’s isolated misstatement regrettable but did not constitute reversible misstatement in context of entire case
minor inaccuracy in prosecutor’s closing does not constitute reversible error in context of entire case
no prejudice to defendant where victim is not mentioned by name in indictment, but is mentioned by name at trial
minor inaccuracy in prosecutor’s closing does not constitute reversible error in context of entire case
difference between estimated age of under eleven and one-half years and statutory threshold of eighteen years sufficiently extreme to impute knowledge of age in child pornography case

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