Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1/16/2009
Commonwealth v. Benson
Citations
- 453 Mass. 90
- 899 N.E.2d 820
- 2009 Mass. LEXIS 13
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “provocation occurs only when an action of the victim triggers a sudden loss of self-control in the defendant”
- no provocation instruction where insufficient evidence for jury reasonably to infer that “an action of the victim trigger[ed] a sudden loss of self-control in the defendant”
- “provocation occurs only when an action of the victim triggers a sudden loss of self-control in the defendant” [emphasis in original]
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Judges: Botsford
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8 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. CamachoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-09-08· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. DyerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-10-13· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-08-03· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. NelsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-04-17· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. ValentinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-05-20· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. HindsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-06-10· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. MurrayMassachusetts Superior Court· 2010-04-12
- Commonwealth v. Adonis CarvajalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2025-08-28
Cites
20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-04-15· cited 371×
- Commonwealth v. AcevedoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-04-04· cited 139×
- Commonwealth v. VanderpoolMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-05-14· cited 122×
- Commonwealth v. GroomeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-10-05· cited 117×
- Commonwealth v. GoodreauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-08-12· cited 93×
- Commonwealth v. McLeodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-05-08· cited 86×
- Commonwealth v. BrittoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-03-30· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. ColonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-05-22· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. SchnoppsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-03-16· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. ClementeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-09-05· cited 66×
- Aiello v. MassachusettsSupreme Court· 1985-10-21· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. BrooksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-05-03· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. SchnoppsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-01-09· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. BermudezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-06-10· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. AmaralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-05-16· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. KeohaneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-07-01· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. LeClairMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-04-09· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. ZagrodnyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-12-20· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. VintonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-08-01· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. BrumMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-03-11· cited 26×
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