[Download] "Commonwealth v. Vance Chotain" by Appeals Court of Massachusetts # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Commonwealth v. Vance Chotain
- Author : Appeals Court of Massachusetts
- Release Date : January 05, 1991
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
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At the trial of an indictment charging breaking and entering a dwelling house in the nighttime with the intent to commit a felony therein, it was error for the Judge to suggest in his instructions to the jury that the elements of the charge had been proved and that identification was the only material issue [338-340], and, where the defendant did not concede that all of the elements had been proved, the error could not be considered harmless [340-341]. At a criminal trial, the Judge properly admitted evidence of a witness's prompt, unequivocal recognition of the defendant in a one-on-one ""showup"" at a hospital shortly after the alleged crime. [341-342]