· 7/6/1998
Commonwealth v. Federici
Citations
- 427 Mass. 740
- 696 N.E.2d 111
- 1998 Mass. LEXIS 338
How courts have described this case
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- holding that property just taken from one’s lawful possession may be immediately regained “with a reasonable degree of force,” that being “no greater force than was justifiable and necessary for the protection of his possession and in self-defence”
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Judges: Lynch
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