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· 3/25/1980

Commonwealth v. Sellon

Citations

  • 402 N.E.2d 1329
  • 380 Mass. 220
  • 1980 Mass. LEXIS 1068

How courts have described this case

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  • no error where the judge instructed jury that Commonwealth must show that acid spill was not accident
  • charge distinguished between negligent or inadvertent conduct and wanton and reckless conduct
  • charge is reviewed in its entirety to determine over-all impact on jury
  • police log of telephone calls properly admitted

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Hennessey, Quirico, Wilkins, Liacos, Abrams

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