Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 4/22/1998

Commonwealth v. Wilson

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427 Mass. 336
693 N.E.2d 158
1998 Mass. LEXIS 178

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concluding that “improperly admitted hearsay did not prejudice the defendant because it was merely cumulative of properly admitted evidence”
prosecutor may not express personal beliefs and may not indicate that he has knowledge independent of evidence before jury
jury are presumed to understand that prosecutor is advocate, and statements that are “[e]nthusiastic rhetoric, strong advocacy, and excusable hyperbole” do not require reversal
prosecutor’s references to gruesomeness of crimes not improper because relevant to issue whether defendant’s actions constituted extreme atrocity or cruelty
“It is not enough for the defendant to show merely that his chances for acquittal would have been better had the indictments been tried separately”
improperly admitted hearsay evidence of defendant's hostility not prejudicial because it was \merely cumulative of properly admitted evidence\

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