Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Harwood
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 16, 2000PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, C.J.
We consider whether it was an abuse of discretion for a judge to suppress the testimony of a Commonwealth witness as a remedy for a missing file containing documents that the defendant asserts were exculpatory. A key legal question is whether any mishandling of that file by the insurance fraud bureau (IFB) can be attributed to the Commonwealth.
*291The defendant, Frank G. Harwood, Jr., was indicted by a special grand jury on charges of insurance fraud and larceny over $250 based on evidence that he may have filed a fraudulent workers’ compensation claim with ITT Hartford Insurance Company (ITT…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. MartinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. WoodwardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. St. GermainMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. NealMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
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3Cited by14 opinions
- United States v. PimentalCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2004
- Commonwealth v. MarinhoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Commonwealth v. KeeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
- Commonwealth v. MitchellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
- Commonwealth v. FredetteMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2002
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