Massachusetts Appeals Court· 4/20/2007
Commonwealth v. Fortini
Citations
- 68 Mass. App. Ct. 701
- 864 N.E.2d 1204
- 2007 Mass. App. LEXIS 417
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that a defendant was entitled to a reasonable provocation instruction when the “unexpected and aggressive approach” of the victim could have caused a reasonable person in defendant’s position to feel “an immediate and intense threat”
- instruction on reasonable provocation warranted from evidence of unknown assailant's intrusion onto defendant's porch in middle of night, lunging at defendant, and reaching for defendant's shotgun
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Judges: Cypher
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6 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. EspadaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-02-20· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. HowardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2017-12-08· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. MoralesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-10-17· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. HaskellMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-02-19· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. HowardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-03-05
- Commonwealth v. McAfeeMassachusetts Superior Court· 2008-02-22
Cites
20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-04-15· cited 371×
- Commonwealth v. AzarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-01-23· cited 186×
- Commonwealth v. WaldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-05-30· cited 157×
- Fortini v. MurphyFirst Circuit· 2001-07-27· cited 150×
- Commonwealth v. AcevedoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-04-04· cited 139×
- Commonwealth v. LeFaveMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-08-18· cited 138×
- Commonwealth v. CarrionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-04-17· cited 117×
- Commonwealth v. SoarisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1931-04-06· cited 83×
- Commonwealth v. RepozaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-07-23· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. AcevedoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-07-02· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. AndradeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-03-06· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. PhinneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-03-06· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. BermudezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-06-10· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. AmaralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-05-16· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. RussellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-05-08· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. McLaughlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-03-22· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-07-24· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. GaouetteMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-06-28· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. FortiniMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-04-08· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. GilmoreMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-09-09· cited 3×
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