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· 3/15/1853

Wright v. Vermont & Massachusetts Railroad

Citations

  • 66 Mass. 68

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that repetition of the improper argument likely meant the jury gave it more weight and suggested the prosecutor believed it was not trivial
  • where appeal had been filed and fully briefed by another criminal defendant challenging similar statements made by the same prosecutor, remarks in later case “may have been a calculated strategy deployed by this prosecutor”
  • improper arguments made repeatedly were prejudicial

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Judges: Shaw

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