Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Arrington
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 7, 2009PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.
At issue in this case is whether a judge in the District Court properly allowed a motion in limine filed by the defendant, Lucien E. Arrington, to exclude the prior recorded testimony of a complainant who died before trial. The Commonwealth sought leave to file an interlocutory appeal, see Mass. R. Crim. P. 15 (a) (2), as appearing in 422 Mass. 1501 (1996), which was allowed by a single justice of this court. See Commonwealth v. *438Anderson, 401 Mass. 133, 135 (1987). We now affirm the order allowing the defendant’s motion in limine.
We begin with an overview of the factual and procedural…
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