Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2/3/2012
Commonwealth v. Eberle
Citations
- 81 Mass. App. Ct. 235
- 961 N.E.2d 604
- 2012 Mass. App. LEXIS 81
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- failure to instruct on self-defense was prejudicial error where defense counsel requested instruction orally and defendant’s testimony relied significantly on self-defense
- substantial risk of miscarriage of justice 23 where failure to give self-defense instruction deprived defendant \of his primary argument of defense\
- instruction required if any view of evidence would support reasonable doubt as to whether 9 prerequisites of defense were present
- evidence supporting an affirmative defense may come entirely from the Commonwealth's case
- evidence supporting an affirmative defense may come entirely from the Commonwealth’s case
- describing substantial risk of miscarriage of justice
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Judges: Mills
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5 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. NorrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-05-04· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. PackerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2015-10-27· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-03-13· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. FantauzziMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-03-21
- Commonwealth v. LopesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-10-13
Cites
19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. AlphasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-07-07· cited 290×
- Commonwealth v. PikeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-11-19· cited 135×
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-07-15· cited 131×
- Commonwealth v. KendrickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1966-06-24· cited 112×
- Commonwealth v. KingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-06-21· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. LapageMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-12-12· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. DiPadovaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-08-22· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. WhiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-08-11· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. GrahamMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2004-12-07· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. ZaccagniniMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-05-08· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. GalvinMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-12-11· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. FranchinoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2004-06-25· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. StewartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-11-10· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. PalmerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-09-25· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. BartonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-04-28· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. HakkilaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-01-30· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. UrkielMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-05-06· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. KingMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-07-06· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. MirandaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-06-21· cited 2×
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