Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Meuse
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 5, 1996PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, C.J.
We granted the Commonwealth’s application for further appellate review, following an Appeals Court opinion holding that the prosecutor’s closing argument was improper and that the judge’s jury instructions did not neutralize the prosecutor’s prejudicial argument. See Commonwealth v. Meuse, 38 Mass. App. Ct. 772 (1995).
*832At trial, Eric Schneider, a significant prosecution witness who had pleaded guilty, testified pursuant to a plea agreement. The Appeals Court considered the prosecutor’s comments on Schneider’s credibility in light of what we stated concerning testimony pursuant to plea…
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- United States v. Donald Eddie Moody, United States of America v. Howard George HollenbeckCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Commonwealth v. GrenierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
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