Commonwealth v. Martin’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
May 2009
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Helfant · Commonwealth v. Young · Commonwealth v. Martino · Commonwealth v. Brown · Commonwealth v. Booker
Most-quoted passages
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“Finally, the defendant objects to some general remarks the judge made regarding exhibits before he gave his actual instructions to the jury: “I want to point out that there are a couple exhibits, specifically one, the rape kit, that I will not send in with you because of some concerns that I might have, and I think you might have concerning the handling of it. If there are any one of you who feel an overriding need to examine that rape kit, I will provide you with gloves to do so. “Also, there are some bags of clothing that appear not to be in issue, the clothing of the complainant .... They are safely in plastic bags I’m informed and those will be in with you. If you have an overriding need to open them, once again, let us know and we’ll provide you with gloves. I am informed that they are completely safe but I’m not a physician and wouldn’t pretend to say whether they are or not.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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