Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 7/23/2004

Commonwealth v. Walker

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442 Mass. 185
812 N.E.2d 262
2004 Mass. LEXIS 419

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interpreting term “poison,” undefined in statute, with aid of dictionary definition
“[W]hile evidence of a defendant’s general reputation in his community or at his workplace is admissible, evidence in the form of private opinions is not”
\We reject the defendant's request to alter the settled law concerning the admission of character evidence\
no indication that jury improperly applied evidence where defendant acquitted of charge to which evidence did not pertain
defendant engaged in series of criminal episodes; in each, he brought woman back to his home, drugged her with drink containing sleeping medication, and then sexually assaulted her
trial judge did not err in using Webster’s Dictionary to define “poison”

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