Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1/11/1983

Commonwealth v. Smith

Citations

444 N.E.2d 374
387 Mass. 900
1983 Mass. LEXIS 1207

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new trial ordered in light of \cumulative effect of prosecutorial errors during the trial and the closing argument\
new trial ordered in light of “cumulative effect of prosecutorial errors during the trial and the closing argument”
prosecutor’s comment regarding defendant’s courtroom demeanor not improper because prosecutor did not suggest thereby that he had knowledge that jury did not share
\The prosecutor was entitled to make a comment on the demeanor of [defendant] in the courtroom.\
“It is hardly fitting for a prosecutor to rely on curative instructions to present his case properly”
prosecutor suggesting “the victim felt ‘the flame come at him’ ” was improper where the medical examiner concluded the victim was already dead before his body was burned

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Judges: Wilkins, Liacos, Abrams, Nolan, Lynch

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