Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 7/16/1999

Commonwealth v. Rivera

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430 Mass. 91
712 N.E.2d 1127
1999 Mass. LEXIS 490

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rejecting defendant’s argument that witness’s confession to participation in murder before reaching deal- with police was self-serving
finding questions concerning a witness’ obligation to tell the truth should await re-direct examination because such procedure would tend to mitigate the appearance of prosecutorial vouching that similar questions on direct might create
no substantial likelihood of miscarriage of justice created by lack of limiting instruction at time of testimony about prior consistent statement
statements made to police confessing involvement in murder admissible as prior consistent statements because witnesses had not been promised anything by Commonwealth in return for information
prosecutor “may not ‘explicitly or implicitly’ vouch to the jury that she knows the witness’s testimony is true” because of plea agreement
“While the defendant was entitled, on request, to a limiting instruction, there is no substantial likelihood of a miscarriage of justice because the judge did not give such an instruction sua sponte”

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Judges: Marshall

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