Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 8/27/1997

Commonwealth v. Watkins

Citations

425 Mass. 830
683 N.E.2d 653
1997 Mass. LEXIS 368

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upholding police entrance with an arrest warrant, where the police conducted a protective sweep and secured the premises while awaiting a search warrant
upholding instruction explaining that reasonable doubt “is not the doubt that might exist in the mind of a man or a woman searching for some doubt, for some excuse to acquit a defendant”
jury’s determination that defendant’s statement is voluntary need not be unanimous before the statement can be considered as evidence
“We presume that a jury follow all instructions given to [them] .. .”
\We presume that a jury follow all instructions given to [them] . . .\
\We presume that a jury follow all instructions given to it\

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Judges: Marshall

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