· 2/17/1987
Commonwealth v. Salim
Citations
- 503 N.E.2d 1267
- 399 Mass. 227
- 1987 Mass. LEXIS 1151
How courts have described this case
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- deeming “sound public policy” judge’s decision that recognized “defendant should bear the burden of his reasonable counsel fees if he became able to do so”
- no error where defendant was permitted, at probable cause hearing, to cross-examine a witness without limitation
- evidence taken together may form proof of crime where any individual fact, taken alone, does not
- sufficient where local police enlisted aid of Dallas police after learning from witness’s relatives that witness might have moved to that city
- defendant had persuaded a friend to purchase an icepick, which remained in the defendant’s van until the day of the murder, and the fatal wounds were consistent with punctures caused by an icepick
- defendant told others he would kill victim
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Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Liacos, Nolan
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