Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Watson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 23, 1983PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The defendants were convicted of the murder in the first degree of Jeffrey S. Boyajian. They appeal from their convictions, raising a common challenge to the admission of testimony from a witness who had been hypnotized and raising individual challenges on certain other issues. We conclude that Clay, who was a juvenile at the time of the crime, was properly transferred from the juvenile system for trial pursuant to the adult system. Neither defendant was substantially prejudiced, in the circumstances, by the admission of testimony from a witness who had been hypnotized. We find no…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. CasaleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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3Cited by71 opinions
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