# Commonwealth v. Evans

> Massachusetts Appeals Court · June 24, 1977 · 5 Mass. App. Ct. 843

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6455959

## Case

- **Full name:** Commonwealth v. Eugene Evans
- **Court:** Massachusetts Appeals Court
- **Decided:** June 24, 1977
- **Citations:** 5 Mass. App. Ct. 843; 363 N.E.2d 1340; 1977 Mass. App. LEXIS 822
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Brown
- **Judges:** Brown
- **Cited by:** 2 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Brown, J.
(concurring). I would like to add that counseled lineups are to be encouraged (see Commonwealth v. Dickerson, 372 Mass. at 791, and prosecutorial errors are to be discouraged. Cf. Commonwealth v. Earltop, 372 Mass. 199, 204-206 (1977) (Hennessey, C.J., concurring).

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