Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/5/1980

Commonwealth v. Callahan

Citations

406 N.E.2d 385
380 Mass. 821
1980 Mass. LEXIS 1159

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noting that the Supreme Judicial Court began to scrutinize jury instructions more carefully after the Supreme Court’s Mullaney decision, and applied a stricter standard of scrutiny to post-Mullaney instructions
use of term “presumption of malice” mandated jury to find malice from use of deadly weapon
“[t]he Mutina case does not prescribe any particular wording . . . but requires ... an instruction . . . which fairly informs the jury of the possible consequences of a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity”

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Judges: Hennessey, Quirico, Braucher, Kaplan, Liacos

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