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Commonwealth v. Garner

Citations

  • 59 Mass. App. Ct. 350
  • 795 N.E.2d 1202
  • 2003 Mass. App. LEXIS 981

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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • smuggling gun into crowded nightclub where shots had been fired in past constituted evidence of conscious disregard of risk to human life
  • describing the elements, in relevant part, as requiring proof that “(1) the defendant participated in a felonious enterprise; (2) a homicide occurred in the course of that enterprise; [and] (3
  • exigent circumstances where crime involved violence, police pursued suspect, and delay in getting warrant could endanger police officers or others and evidence could be destroyed
  • where underlying felony was unlawful possession of firearm, jury were instructed on self-defense
  • armed suspect in nightclub shooting had taken refuge in occupied dwelling

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Judges: Berry

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