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On Behalf of Law Office of Shane W. Surrette | Apr 28, 2017 | Firm News
The school zone statute punishes individuals who commit certain enumerated drug offenses within 300 feet of a school or one hundred feet of a public park or playground in Massachusetts. It has been held that the school zone statute does not apply to: An individual that is not apprehended within the school or park zone; & Where uninterrupted passage in…
On Behalf of Law Office of Shane W. Surrette | Apr 25, 2017 | Firm News
An excited utterance is an exception to the rule against hearsay in Massachusetts. Setting aside any confrontation issue, under Mass. law, a statement meets the test for admissibility as an excited utterance if: there is an occurrence or event sufficiently startling to render inoperative the normal reflective thought of the observer; the declarant’s statement is a spontaneous reaction to the…
