Legal Opinion

COMMONWEALTH v. CLAUDIANO SANTANA.

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided September 14, 2022Published

1Opinion of the Court

SANTANA, COMMONWEALTH vs., 101 Mass. App. Ct. 690

COMMONWEALTH vs. CLAUDIANO SANTANA.

101 Mass. App. Ct. 690

April 14, 2022 - September 14, 2022

Court Below: Boston Municipal Court, Brighton Division

Present: Vuono, Rubin, & Walsh, JJ.

No. 21-P-413.

Indecent Assault and Battery. Alien. Evidence, First complaint. Practice, Criminal, Argument by prosecutor.

At a criminal trial, no prejudice arose from the prosecutor's improper questioning of the defendant about his immigration status, where the jury could have reasonably inferred that the defendant's immigration status was in question based on his…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. AlphasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
  2. Commonwealth v. KingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
  3. Commonwealth v. StuckichMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
  4. Commonwealth v. CruzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
  5. Commonwealth v. DonahueMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000

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