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384 Mass. 807

Commonwealth v. Ciminera

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided November 3, 1981

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1981-11-03

Cited by 8 later decisions — most recently May 2005

8 state decisions

Relies on Commonwealth v. Fidler · 11 Mass. App. Ct. 101 - Commonwealth v. Ciminera

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Decided 1981-11-03

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¶1We allowed the defendants’ petitions for further appellate review. The defendants claimed that in considering whether extraneous prejudicial information reached the jury, the trial judge and the Appeals Court incorrectly interpreted Commonwealth v. Fidler, 377 Mass. 192 (1979). The defendants also claimed error in the denial of their motions for a new trial.

¶2We have reviewed the entire record. We are in substantial agreement with the reasoning of the Appeals Court. See Commonwealth v. *808Ciminera, 11 Mass. App. Ct. 101 (1981). We find no reversible error, and we affirm.

Thomas P. McCusker, Jr., for Anthony Ciminera (John F. Sheehan, for David Jarjura, with him).John P. Courtney for George Navikauskis.Charles J. Hely, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

¶3Denial of motions for a new trial affirmed.

¶4Judgments of the Superior Court affirmed.

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