Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 4/26/2007

Commonwealth v. Robinson

Citations

449 Mass. 1
864 N.E.2d 1186
2007 Mass. LEXIS 269

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stating that “strong likelihood of unreasonable delay from waiting for” juror who failed to appear on third day of deliberations because of child-care issues justified use of alternate juror (internal quotation marks omitted)
“A judge need not use any particular words in instructing the jury as long as the legal concepts are properly described”
\A judge need not use any particular words in instructing the jury as long as the legal concepts are properly described\
“A judge need not use any particular words in instructing the jury as long as the legal concepts are properly described”
trial at which expert testimony was proffered took place in 1997
within discretion of judge to tailor supplemental jury instructions

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Judges: Cowin

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