Commonwealth v. Alvarez
| Docket Number | SJC-12396 |
| Decision Date | 22 August 2018 |
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46 cases
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Commonwealth v. Henderson
...and Williams had been truthful, prior to trial, when they identified the assailants as Drano and Jigga. See Commonwealth v. Alvarez, 480 Mass. 299, 313, 103 N.E.3d 1202, S.C., 480 Mass. 1015, 103 N.E.3d 1225 (2018) (witness credibility was not appropriate subject of expert testimony). An ex......
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Commonwealth v. Grier
...399 N.E.2d 482, a defendant is permitted to elicit evidence of an inadequate police investigation. See Commonwealth v. Alvarez, 480 Mass. 299, 315, 103 N.E.3d 1202 (2018) ; Commonwealth v. Fitzpatrick, 463 Mass. 581, 597, 977 N.E.2d 505 (2012). From this evidence, the defendant may pursue a......
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Commonwealth v. Foreman
...not issue any curative instructions after the limitation, such that counsel's argument was undermined.8 See Commonwealth v. Alvarez, 480 Mass. 299, 317, 103 N.E.3d 1202 (2018) ("in some circumstances, a facially proper jury instruction ... may reasonably be understood by the jury to negate ......
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Commonwealth v. Andre
...The defendant objected to the first alleged improper argument; thus, we review for prejudicial error. See Commonwealth v. Alvarez, 480 Mass. 299, 305, 103 N.E.3d 1202, S.C., 480 Mass. 1015, 103 N.E.3d 1225 (2018) (no prejudicial error where error did not influence jury or had "very slight e......
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1 books & journal articles
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Criminal Law & Procedure - Prosecutorial Error Versus Credibility of Child Victims of Sexual Assault: A Delicate Balance - Commonwealth v. Alvarez.
...& Procedure--Prosecutorial Error Versus Credibility of Child Victims of Sexual Assault: A Delicate Balance--Commonwealth v. Alvarez, 103 N.E.3d 1202 (Mass. While prosecutors are entitled to argue forcefully for a defendant's conviction, well-settled Massachusetts case law has held that ......