· 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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