Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/20/1990

Commonwealth v. Roberts

Citations

555 N.E.2d 588
407 Mass. 731
1990 Mass. LEXIS 284

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affirming convictions where defense counsel did not request instruction on lesser included offense and pursued strategy of presenting “an all-or-nothing choice to the jury”
rejecting claim that judge should have instructed on lesser included offense where defense counsel agreed instruction should not be given and instruction was inconsistent with defendant’s trial strategy
approving judge’s decision not to give instruction because “the judge raised the issue of a larceny instruction with counsel prior to the instructions, and defense counsel agreed that such an instruction should not be given”
remaining silent about inculpatory information suggests voluntariness of statement rather than police coercion
defendant's refusal to reply to certain questions did not indicate his desire to end interrogation or to invoke his right to remain silent
defendant’s refusal to reply to certain questions did not indicate his desire to end interrogation or to invoke his right to remain silent

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Judges: Liacos, Wilkins, Abrams, Lynch, Greaney

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