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· 8/10/1988

Commonwealth v. Fickett

Citations

  • 526 N.E.2d 1064
  • 403 Mass. 194
  • 1988 Mass. LEXIS 237

How courts have described this case

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  • insufficient evidence of one of the several theories given to the jury required reversal of the judgment of conviction and a new trial
  • defendant could assert that he never entered joint venture and, alternatively, that he withdrew
  • evidence insufficient where defendant was mere onlooker and did not know coventurer had gun
  • defendant was entitled to instruction where he testified he told co-venturer he did not want anything to do with planned robbery and asked to be dropped off at home

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Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Nolan, Lynch, O'Connor

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