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· 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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