Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Anderson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 26, 1991PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
A jury in the Superior Court found the defendant, Lewis Anderson, an inmate at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction (M.C.I. Cedar Junction), guilty of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, a “razor shank,” on another inmate, Charles Jenkins. Jenkins was not called as a witness for the prosecution at trial. The Appeals Court reversed the defendant’s conviction and ordered a new trial because the judge refused to give a “missing witness” instruction with respect to the Commonwealth’s failure to call Jenkins to testify. Commonwealth v. Anderson, 30 Mass.…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- United States v. CotterCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
- Commonwealth v. KendrickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
- Commonwealth v. FranklinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. ZagranskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GrandisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. SantiagoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. FigueroaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. SantosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
- Commonwealth v. RichardsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
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