Massachusetts Appeals Court, 1977

Commonwealth v. Cain

Commonwealth v. Cain
Massachusetts Appeals Court · Decided February 28, 1977
5 Mass. App. Ct. 785; 360 N.E.2d 661; 1977 Mass. App. LEXIS 746

Commonwealth v. Cain

Opinion of the Court

Assuming (it is by no means clear) that the prosecutor’s remarks in closing argument (the only question argued in this appeal) went somewhat beyond the bounds of proper argument reasonably related to the evidence favorable to the Commonwealth (cf. Commonwealth v. MacDonald [No. 2], 368 Mass. 395, 401-402 [1975]), we are nevertheless of opinion that, given our reservations in that regard coupled with the strength of the evidence against the defendant, any error that there may have been was harmless. Commonwealth v. DeChristoforo, 360 Mass. 531, 539 (1971).

Judgment affirmed.

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