Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 9/27/2013

Commonwealth v. Ortiz

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466 Mass. 475
995 N.E.2d 1100
2013 WL 5356893
2013 Mass. LEXIS 718

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holding that, although stipulations should be presented to the jury before the close of evidence, the jury in question had been made aware of the substance of the stipulation by other means
Commonwealth \has a right to try its case in its own way so long as it engages in no calculated impropriety\ [citation omitted]
\we cannot identify any prejudice to the defendant arising from the fact that the stipulation itself was explained to the jury during the judge's final instructions and not placed before them during the evidence phase of the trial\

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Judges: Botsford

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