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Commonwealth v. Soto

Citations

  • 45 Mass. App. Ct. 109
  • 695 N.E.2d 683
  • 1998 Mass. App. LEXIS 501

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  • adoption of prosecutor’s recommended sentence not improper unless the judge accepts faulty reasoning behind those recommendations
  • \unlikely\ that officer's unobjected-to testimony that he believed that he had just seen drug transaction would, on its own, create substantial risk of miscarriage of justice
  • reversing where hearsay both unnecessary and highly damaging

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Judges: Dreben

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