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Commonwealth v. Shea

Citations

  • 519 N.E.2d 1283
  • 401 Mass. 731
  • 1988 Mass. LEXIS 53

How courts have described this case

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  • evidence on defendant’s past involvement with drugs held not to impair integrity of grand jury proceedings
  • “Generally, there is no error in a prosecutor’s describing the evidence presented as ‘overwhelming’. . .”
  • defendant failed to renew objection when evidence sought to be suppressed was introduced at trial
  • not improper to argue that “only the defendant possessed a motive to he”
  • not improper for prosecutor to remark that defendant was trying to “fool” jury

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Judges: Hennessey, Liacos, Nolan, Lynch, O'Connor

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