Legal Opinion
COMMONWEALTH v. MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided July 27, 2022PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
RODRIGUEZ, COMMONWEALTH vs., 101 Mass. App. Ct. 439
COMMONWEALTH vs. MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ.
101 Mass. App. Ct. 439
January 6, 2022 - July 27, 2022
Court Below: Superior Court, Hampden County
Present: Green, C.J., Vuono, Meade, Sullivan, & Henry, JJ. [Note 1]
Amended August 5, 2022.
No. 19-P-621.
Homicide. Self-Defense. Evidence, Inflammatory evidence. Practice, Criminal, Instructions to jury, Verdict.
At a murder trial, the Superior Court judge did not abuse his discretion in permitting a witness to testify, over objection, that the defendant, several years after the killing, twice referred to the victim,…
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