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Commonwealth v. Vaughn

Citations

  • 498 N.E.2d 1072
  • 23 Mass. App. Ct. 40
  • 1986 Mass. App. LEXIS 1853

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  • defendant entitled to required finding of not guilty where undisputed evidence showed that defendant was in jail at time of crime
  • reasonable doubt created as matter of law by evidence of defendant’s incarceration
  • despite eyewitness testimony, photographic evidence shows defendant could not have been perpetrator
  • despite eyewitness testimony, photographic evidence shows defendant could not have been perpetrator
  • eyewitness testimony contradicted by evidence of defendant's incarceration at time of incident

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Judges: Perretta, Kaplan, Fine

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