Commonwealth v. Foxworth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.
The defendant was convicted of deliberately premeditated murder and conspiracy to commit murder. On appeal he challenges (1) the denial of his motion to suppress statements he made to a jailhouse informant whom he alleged to be an agent of the Commonwealth; (2) the admission in evidence, allegedly in violation of the spousal disqualification rule, of statements his alleged coconspirator made to the coconspirator’s spouse; (3) the admission in evidence of his prior incarceration; (4) a statement by the prosecutor in closing argument that the defendant contends was improper comment on his right…
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