Commonwealth v. Lamory
Massachusetts Appeals Court
1Opinion of the Court
1. For reasons akin to those expressed in Commonwealth v. Vernazzarro, 10 Mass. App. Ct. 897, 898 (1980), there was no abuse of discretion or other error of law in the denial of the defendant’s shotgun motion for more specific answers to his various motions for particulars. 2. The testimony of the son that the defendant had committed on him the same offences as those alleged in the indictments “almost [or “mostly”] every time we went there” was of undoubted relevance, and, in the absence (as here) of any request for a limiting instruction, the admission of that testimony in evidence does not…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WelcomeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
- Commonwealth v. MacHadoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Commonwealth v. EllisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
- Commonwealth v. BemisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Commonwealth v. CutlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
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3Cited by2 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. BaranMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1986