Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/23/2000

Commonwealth v. Diaz

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431 Mass. 822
730 N.E.2d 845
2000 Mass. LEXIS 365

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concluding premeditation existed under transferred intent doctrine where defendant misidentified victim
conviction of murder in first degree negates claim of prejudice in denying instruction for involuntary manslaughter
no error in refusing to instruct on manslaughter; despite evidence of defendant’s mental impairment, there was no legally adequate provocation
defendant guilty of premeditated murder under doctrine of transferred intent where he planned to kill former girl friend but mistakenly killed her sister
conviction of murder in first degree negates claim of prejudice in denying instruction for involuntary manslaughter
conviction of murder in first degree negates claim of prejudice in denying instruction for involuntary manslaughter

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