Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/21/1983

Commonwealth v. Silva

Citations

447 N.E.2d 646
388 Mass. 495
1983 Mass. LEXIS 1320

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trial judge may use discretion “to choose a form of expression best adapted to make the law intelligible to the jurors”
failure to object to lack of Matchett instruction; conviction upheld; no injustice in light of the proof
trial judge has discretion “to choose the form of expression best adapted to make the law intelligible to the jurors”
proper for counsel to use analogy and example as an aid to effective and aggressive argument
“The trial judge has ‘discretion ... to choose the form of expression best adapted to make the law intelligible to the jurors’ ”
time lapse of approximately three hours not significant

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

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