Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/13/2013
Commonwealth v. Chambers
Citations
- 465 Mass. 520
- 989 N.E.2d 483
- 2013 WL 2501925
- 2013 Mass. LEXIS 465
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- ordering a new trial after trial court excluded evidence of victim's prior act of violence
- \the resolution of [who initiated the violence or escalated the conflict by the use or threat of deadly force] may assist the jury in deciding whether the prosecution has met its burden of proving that the defendant did not act in self-defense\
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Cites
18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. FlebotteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-03-21· cited 396×
- People v. LynchIllinois Supreme Court· 1984-10-19· cited 264×
- Bruce Anderson v. Norman ButlerFirst Circuit· 1988-06-22· cited 142×
- Commonwealth v. VinnieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-08-12· cited 118×
- Commonwealth v. CarrionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-04-17· cited 117×
- Yeboah-Sefah v. FiccoFirst Circuit· 2009-02-19· cited 100×
- Sleeper v. SpencerFirst Circuit· 2007-12-05· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. AdjutantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-03-14· cited 78×
- United States v. Gonzalez-MaldonadoFirst Circuit· 1997-05-30· cited 76×
- Commonwealth v. MaguireMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-07-12· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-07-23· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. Pring-WilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-04-10· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. DuranMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-09-13· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. RodriquezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-12-12· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. McMahonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-02-11· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-02-12· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. MoralesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-02-07· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. ChambersMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2012-04-25· cited 2×
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