Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 7/21/1995

Commonwealth v. Flynn

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420 Mass. 810
652 N.E.2d 888
1995 Mass. LEXIS 311

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evidence was insufficient to support guilty verdict because Commonwealth failed to prove that defendant's conduct was cause of victim's death
when two contradictory inferences as to liability are equally strong, there is no proof beyond \a reasonable doubt\
verdict of manslaughter legally unsupportable on theory of individual liability; with question whether jury adopted this theory or joint venture liability, conviction reversed and verdict set aside
case submitted to jury on two theories of guilt of manslaughter, only one of which was supported by evidence; general verdict of guilty returned; new trial ordered on theory supported by evidence

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