Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 12/28/1999
Commonwealth v. Elliot
Citations
- 430 Mass. 498
- 721 N.E.2d 388
- 1999 Mass. LEXIS 694
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- pointing gun and then passing it to companion who had made plain his intent to shoot victim constituted conduct from which plain and strong likelihood of death would result
- codefendants tried for murder as joint venturers; defendant who did not shoot victim convicted of murder in second degree; shooter convicted of murder in first degree
- defendant not entitled to withdrawal instruction where he pointed rifle at victim, did not shoot, but instead handed weapon to codefendant with knowledge of his murderous intent, and codefendant shot victim
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Judges: Lynch
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6 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. FowlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-03-13· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. TavaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-05-14· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. RiveraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-01-09· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. HicksMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-10-11· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. MedeirosMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-01-26· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. McAfeeMassachusetts Superior Court· 2008-02-22
Cites
23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 23,069×
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-07· cited 1,893×
- Commonwealth v. SoaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-03-08· cited 576×
- Commonwealth v. CasaleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-07-17· cited 224×
- Commonwealth v. CurtisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-05-02· cited 160×
- Commonwealth v. GreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-03-19· cited 151×
- Commonwealth v. BiancoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-03-09· cited 148×
- Commonwealth v. VitelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-04-01· cited 142×
- Commonwealth v. LongoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-06-08· cited 123×
- Commonwealth v. KendrickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1966-06-24· cited 112×
- Commonwealth v. BiancoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-09-27· cited 90×
- Commonwealth v. SantoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-05-23· cited 87×
- Commonwealth v. CoonanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-02-08· cited 81×
- Commonwealth v. ZukoskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-04-02· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. ChipmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-07-11· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. CookMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-12-20· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. FickettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-08-10· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. NiemicMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-07-06· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. BrooksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-05-03· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. SextonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-06-05· cited 34×
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