Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 8/12/1987

Commonwealth v. Thomas

Citations

511 N.E.2d 1095
400 Mass. 676
1987 Mass. LEXIS 1427

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vacating judgments on convictions of indecent assault and battery where the judge failed to instruct that the convictions needed to rest on facts separate from those constituting aggravated rape
analysis of duplicative convictions not based on substantial risk of miscarriage of justice standard of review
analysis of duplicative convictions not based on substantial risk of miscarriage of justice standard of review
prosecutor’s inaccurate statement “regrettable,” but not reversible error “where judge instructed jury that closing arguments [are] not evidence”
no reversal for prosecutor’s “slip of the tongue” where judge instructed jury that closing arguments not evidence
no reversal for prosecutor's \slip of the tongue\ where judge instructed jury that closing arguments are not evidence

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Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Abrams, Nolan, Lynch

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