State v. Lipscombe
Annotate this Case
The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of conviction of hindering apprehension or prosecution entered by the trial court following a jury trial, holding that Appellant was not entitled to relief on his allegations of error.
Specifically, the Supreme Judicial Court held (1) the trial court did not commit obvious error in allowing a closing argument implying that Appellant had a burden of proving that the State's witnesses had a motive to lie and instructing the jury that it could "consider whether there has been any evidence introduced of any motive or lack of motive for a witness to exaggerate or lie"; and (2) the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying Appellant's motion for voir dire of jurors filed after learning that one witness said “good luck” to the jurors while leaving the courtroom.
Some case metadata and case summaries were written with the help of AI, which can produce inaccuracies. You should read the full case before relying on it for legal research purposes.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.