Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 8/1/2011
Commonwealth v. Bell
Citations
- 460 Mass. 294
- 951 N.E.2d 35
- 2011 Mass. LEXIS 682
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- analyzing assaultive element of felony, armed home invasion, to determine whether merger applies
- finding no merger where defendant came “crashing through the window,” “moved at a rapid pace” toward occupants, sprayed gasoline “as he approached in a manner that reasonably could be characterized as threatening,” and then ignited fire that killed victim
- defendant who committed felony-murder, arson, and armed home invasion was also convicted of violating abuse prevention order
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Judges: Ireland, Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Gants, Duffly
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25 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. SepheusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-05-19· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. FigueroaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-05-19· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. EntwistleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-08-14· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. BayeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-05-21· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. HowardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-10-02· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. AlcideMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-07-13· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. GarciaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-10-29· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. ThomasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-09-02· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-03-16· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. FosterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-04-15· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. BellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-11-09· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. WeaverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-07-20· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. AmaralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-04-05· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. ResendeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2017-01-03· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. Phap ButhMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-07-17· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. PfeifferMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-05-01· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. FredetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-07-13· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. ScottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-09-24· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. TorresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-06-10· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. GardnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-06-18· cited 7×
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