Commonwealth v. Teixera

How courts have described this case

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• holding that, in context of criminal trial, “defendant’s right to remain silent cannot be compromised by prosecutorial comments that cast aspersions on its exercise”
• under former G. L. c. 273, § 15, mother’s testimony alone sufficient to prove paternity beyond a reasonable doubt
• “evidence of a defendant’s postarrest, post-Miranda silence cannot be used for any purpose”
• “[c]omment on a defendant’s silence or failure to deny accusations against him under circumstances where the defendant might be expected to speak is permissible . . . and does not interfere with the defendant’s exercise of his right to remain silent”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).