Massachusetts Appeals Court· 12/11/2002
Commonwealth v. Galvin
Citations
- 56 Mass. App. Ct. 698
- 779 N.E.2d 998
- 2002 Mass. App. LEXIS 1511
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- defendant had no opportunity to retreat where she was pinned on the ground by the victim
- “The evidence bearing upon self-defense may be contained in the Commonwealth’s case, the defendant’s case, or the two in combination”
- failure to give jury instruction reviewed for substantial risk of miscarriage of justice
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Judges: Grasso
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18 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. NorrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-05-04· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. FranchinoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2004-06-25· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. GomesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-09-19· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. RamosMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-06-16· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. TiradoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-02-24· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. EberleMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2012-02-03· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. IacovielloMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2016-09-15· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. Prentice P.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-04-10· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. LivingtonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-11-29· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. JohnstonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-06-08· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. MirandaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-06-21· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. WolmartMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-04-15
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- Commonwealth v. GillMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-06-04
- Commonwealth v. KozakiewiczMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-07-12
- Commonwealth v. BaezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-07-13
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Cites
19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-07· cited 1,893×
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-07-30· cited 1,208×
- Commonwealth v. AlphasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-07-07· cited 290×
- Commonwealth v. PikeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-11-19· cited 135×
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-07-15· cited 131×
- Commonwealth v. BastaracheMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-12-12· cited 116×
- Commonwealth v. PeloquinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-06-21· cited 97×
- Commonwealth v. MaguireMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-07-12· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-08-24· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. ToonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-08-22· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. EpsomMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-02-18· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-02-05· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. DeagleMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-11-26· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. HaddockMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-01-28· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. DonahueMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1889-02-28· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. HakkilaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-01-30· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. PatonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-10-07· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. CromartieMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1981-04-10· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. VezinaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-03-26· cited 1×
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