Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 7/14/1999

Commonwealth v. Pina

Citations

430 Mass. 66
713 N.E.2d 944
1999 Mass. LEXIS 486

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upholding judge's decision not to suppress defendant's statements where statements were neither recorded nor reduced to writing
“That some members of the Cape Cod community might, in the abstract, consider Cape Ver-deans ‘black’ does not, without more, suggest any such substantial risk”
police observations of defendant's conduct prior to and after making statement relevant to voluntariness
police observations of defendant's conduct prior to and after making statement relevant to voluntariness
no individual voir dire for Cape Verdean defendant and Portuguese victim

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Judges: Marshall

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