Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/22/2000

Commonwealth v. Prater

Citations

431 Mass. 86
725 N.E.2d 233
2000 Mass. LEXIS 158

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where error in instruction is preserved, court reviews to determine whether there was prejudicial error
issue preserved where defense counsel requested instruction at charge conference but failed to object after instruction was not given
in Ciampa, prejudicial admission of certain portions of written plea agreement was not cured by judge’s charge
“our cases treat those felonies involving the use of a deadly weapon, such as a knife or a loaded gun, as inherently dangerous”
“The better practice would have been for the judge to have provided a specific instruction that the jury should not consider an accomplice’s guilty plea as evidence against [the defendant]”

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Judges: Abrams

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