Massachusetts Appeals Court· 6/26/1997

Commonwealth v. Dunn

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43 Mass. App. Ct. 58
680 N.E.2d 1178
1997 Mass. App. LEXIS 137

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inserting a comma to avoid the “absurd result” that its omission could permit interpreting § ISC’s “while armed with a dangerous weapon” clause to refer to the occupant of the dwelling rather than to the perpetrator
inserting a comma to avoid the ‘absurd result’ that its omission could permit interpreting § ISC’s ‘while armed with a dangerous weapon’ clause to refer to the occupant of the dwelling rather than to the perpetrator
noting the comma was inserted “to avoid the ‘absurd result’ that its omission could permit interpreting § ISC’s ‘while armed with a dangerous weapon’ clause to refer to the occupant of the dwelling rather than to the perpetrator”
G. L. c. 265, § 18A, and G. L. c. 266, §§ 14-19, have “related statutory contexts”
crime of “home invasion,” G. L. c. 265, § 18C, removes owner’s duty to retreat
a consensual entry does not fall within the purview of G. L. c. 265, § 18C

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