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Commonwealth v. Porter

Citations

  • 462 Mass. 724
  • 971 N.E.2d 291
  • 2012 WL 2849456
  • 2012 Mass. LEXIS 656

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  • defendant bears burden of persuasion regarding indigency, in part because ‘“[a] criminal defendant is the party in possession of all material facts regarding her own wealth and is asserting a negative”
  • defendant bears burden of persuasion regarding indigency, in part because '[a] criminal defendant is the party in possession of all material facts regarding her own wealth and is asserting a negative'
  • defendant bears burden of persuasion regarding indigency, in part because '[a] criminal defendant is the party in possession of all material facts regarding her own wealth and is asserting a negative'
  • burden of proof regarding indigency lies with defendant

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Judges: Spina

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