(Download) "Commonwealth v. Ronald St. Pierre (And" by Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Commonwealth v. Ronald St. Pierre (And
- Author : Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
- Release Date : January 30, 1979
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 81 KB
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The fact that indictments were based entirely on hearsay did not require their dismissal where there was no showing that the integrity of the grand jury proceedings was impaired. [654-657] Where defense counsel, after moving to dismiss indictments because an investigating police officer had instructed five potential witnesses not to talk to defense counsel, failed to suggest the correct procedure as outlined in Commonwealth v. Balliro, 349 Mass. 505 (1965), for remedying the officer's actions and where any prejudice to the defense as a result of the witnesses' subsequent refusal to speak to defense counsel was minimal, the Judge's delegating to the prosecutor the responsibility to inform the witnesses of their right to talk to counsel if they wished did not amount to reversible error. [657-661]