Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Odware
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 18, 1999PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
A jury convicted the defendant of murder in the *232first degree, armed assault with intent to murder, and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon. Represented by new counsel on appeal, the defendant claims error in (1) the denial of his motion to suppress certain eyewitness testimony; (2) certain jury instructions; (3) the admission of the testimony of a police officer that a nontestifying witness selected a photograph from a photographic array; and (4) remarks made by the prosecutor during his closing argument. We reject these arguments and discern no reason to exercise our authority…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FlebotteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. BotelhoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. WilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. SannaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
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3Cited by39 opinions
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