Massachusetts Appeals Court· 8/28/1996
Commonwealth v. Cleary
Citations
- 41 Mass. App. Ct. 214
- 669 N.E.2d 452
- 1996 Mass. App. LEXIS 788
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- single blow to face with bladeless axe handle insufficient to support mayhem conviction where evidence showed defendant acted in spur of moment after victim kicked his car
- single blow to an eye with an axe handle was insufficient to support a conviction for mayhem where, “[vjiewed in its best light, the government’s evidence shows that the defendant acted on the spur of the moment after [the victim] kicked his car”
- where the defendant struck a single blow to the victim in anger “on the spur of the moment”
- mayhem conviction based on defendant's striking victim with axe in context of bar fight reversed on sufficiency grounds
- evidence insufficient to support conviction of mayhem where defendant struck victim in head once with bladeless axe handle in “spur of the moment” attack that did not evidence intention to disfigure victim
- a single blow with an ax handle was insufficient to infer intent
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Judges: Greenberg
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11 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. FergusonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-07-01· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. Ogden O.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-04-17· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. AndersonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-05-14· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. ForbesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2014-08-26· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. Hap LayMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-02-14· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-12-30· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. SparksMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-02-19· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. McPhersonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-04-17· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. PageMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-05-12· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. DrewMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-09-05· cited 2×
- COMMONWEALTH v. KHALID KALILA.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2023-01-11· cited 1×
Cites
18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-01-30· cited 202×
- Commonwealth v. St. PierreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-03-30· cited 143×
- Commonwealth v. MirandaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-04-07· cited 137×
- Commonwealth v. JacksonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-12-12· cited 120×
- Commonwealth v. McCanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1931-11-30· cited 116×
- Commonwealth v. FarrellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1948-04-12· cited 89×
- Commonwealth v. HoganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-11-08· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. BurnoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-01-28· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. DavisMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-07-02· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. HoganMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1979-03-20· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. WelchMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1983-06-29· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. MercadoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-06-26· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. HammMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-12-05· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1988-10-06· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. LazarovichMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1989-12-19· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. TucceriMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-02-07· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. ParkerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1988-04-27· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. TaghizadehMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1989-11-17· cited 3×
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