Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 7/13/2001

Commonwealth v. Simpson

Citations

434 Mass. 570
750 N.E.2d 977
2001 Mass. LEXIS 392

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finding that defendant's substantial rights were not affected where the trial court twice instructed the jury that the attorneys' opening and closing statements were not evidence
noting that the evidence is “material if, considering the entire record, it creates a reasonable doubt as to the defendant’s guilt that would not otherwise exist” [internal citation omitted]
not improper to label defense argument “insult” where “remark was designed to demonstrate the lack of evidence to support the self-defense claim”
evidentiary rulings “are matters entrusted to the trial judge’s broad discretion and are not disturbed absent palpable error”
evidentiary rulings are “entrusted to the trial judge’s broad discretion and are not disturbed absent palpable error”
defendant’s statement showing state of mind admissible notwithstanding that “in other circumstances [it] could tend to prove guilt by evidence of bad character”

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Judges: Cowin

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