Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Tucceri
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 9, 1992PublishedCited by 140 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
We granted further appellate review in this case to consider the standard to be applied in ruling on a defendant’s motion for a new trial based on the failure of the prosecution to disclose exculpatory evidence in its possession.
At the defendant’s 1978 trial on charges of rape, kidnapping, unarmed robbery, mayhem, and assault and battery, identification of the assailant was the only contested issue. The police arrested the defendant near the crime scene in Cambridge within minutes after the attacker had left the victim. The Cambridge police took photographs of the defendant shortly after his…
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