Commonwealth v. Miller
282 NE 2d 394, 361 Mass. 644 - Mass: Supreme Judicial Court, 1972 - Google Scholar
… When evidence of inducement has been entered, the burden rests upon the Commonwealth
to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the predisposition of the defendant to commit the crime …
to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the predisposition of the defendant to commit the crime …
Commonwealth v. Shuman
462 NE 2d 80, 391 Mass. 345 - Mass: Supreme Judicial Court, 1984 - Google Scholar
… is not whether the particular offense was brought about by the government agent, but rather
whether the government agent brought about the defendant's predisposition to crime …
whether the government agent brought about the defendant's predisposition to crime …
Commonwealth v. Monteagudo
427 Mass. 484, 693 NE 2d 1381 - Mass: Supreme Judicial Court, 1998 - Google Scholar
… is not on the propensities and predisposition of a specific defendant, but on `whether the police
conduct revealed in the particular case falls below standards, to which common feelings …
conduct revealed in the particular case falls below standards, to which common feelings …
Commonwealth v. Vargas
632 NE 2d 1223, 417 Mass. 792 - Mass: Supreme Judicial Court, 1994 - Google Scholar
… He asserts that the trial judge erred in permitting the Commonwealth to proffer evidence of a past
crime to show predisposition in response 793 to the defendant's assertion that he was …
crime to show predisposition in response 793 to the defendant's assertion that he was …
Commonwealth v. Madigan
871 NE 2d 478, 449 Mass. 702 - Mass: Supreme Judicial Court, 2007 - Google Scholar
… invading its privilege on two grounds: that the defendant's affidavit is "utterly lacking" in specificity,
and that the evidence will show that the defendant had a predisposition to commit the …
and that the evidence will show that the defendant had a predisposition to commit the …
Commonwealth v. Denton
477 Mass. 248, 75 NE 3d 589 - Mass: Supreme Judicial Court, 2017 - Google Scholar
… two of the prior cases bore a remarkable similarity to the case at bar, given that the most recent
act was at least nineteen years old, the probative value regarding predisposition did not …
act was at least nineteen years old, the probative value regarding predisposition did not …
Commonwealth v. Garcia
421 Mass. 686, 659 NE 2d 741 - Mass: Supreme Judicial Court, 1996 - Google Scholar
… given by the judge clearly and comprehensively dealt with all the elements of entrapment,
including the role of undercover police work, government inducement, predisposition by a …
including the role of undercover police work, government inducement, predisposition by a …
Commonwealth v. Penta
586 NE 2d 996, 32 Mass. App. Ct. 36, 32 Mass … - Mass: Appeals …, 1992 - Google Scholar
… elements of the entrapment defense: (1) that the defendant was induced by a government agent
or one acting at his direction and (2) that the defendant lacked predisposition to engage …
or one acting at his direction and (2) that the defendant lacked predisposition to engage …
Commonwealth v. Gratereaux
49 Mass. App. Ct. 1 - Mass: Appeals Court, 2000 - Google Scholar
… 484, 487 (1998). There was ample evidence, however, for the jury fairly to infer both the
defendant's predisposition and his intent to participate in the conspiracy …
defendant's predisposition and his intent to participate in the conspiracy …
Commonwealth v. Bonds
63 Mass. App. Ct. 163, 823 NE 2d 816 - Mass: Appeals Court, 2005 - Google Scholar
… In Massachusetts, as elsewhere, evidence of character, custom, or propensity may not be used
to prove that a person acted in conformity with those forms of predisposition on any …
to prove that a person acted in conformity with those forms of predisposition on any …