Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 8/25/1982

Commonwealth v. Brown

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387 Mass. 220
439 N.E.2d 296
1982 Mass. LEXIS 1669

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evidence that victim choked husband with shirt insufficient, especially considering husband stabbed wife twenty-seven times
evidence that victim choked defendant with defendant’s shirt inadequate provocation where defendant stabbed victim twenty-seven times
evidence that unarmed victim choked defendant, her husband, with his shirt did not amount to provocation warranting manslaughter instruction, especially where he stabbed victim twenty-seven times
evidence that victim choked husband with shirt insufficient to require manslaughter instruction when husband had stabbed her twenty-seven times
no reasonable provocation where victim choked defendant by pulling neck of his shirt
unarmed victim choking defendant with shirt insufficient provocation to explain stabbing victim twenty-seven times

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Judges: Wilkins

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