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· 10/15/1845

Harding v. Inhabitants of Medway

Citations

  • 51 Mass. 465

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that evidence leading to inferences that the defendant committed a certain crime, on its own, can- not overcome the prejudicial effect of improper misconduct evidence
  • identifying “the importance of the erroneously admitted evidence to a party’s theory of the case” as being relevant to the harmlessness analysis
  • “If there is little likelihood that the error affected the verdict, we will not reverse on the basis of that error.”
  • “[D]efendant has the burden to demonstrate that the error affected a substantial right.”
  • “Defendant has the burden to demonstrate that the error affected a substantial right.”
  • “[D]efendant has the burden to demonstrate that the error affected a substantial right.”

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Judges: Hubbard

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