Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 7/5/2006
Commonwealth v. Gilbert
Citations
- 447 Mass. 161
- 849 N.E.2d 1246
- 2006 Mass. LEXIS 440
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- upholding murder in second degree conviction on third prong malice theory where victim died of blunt neck trauma
- motions brought under either rule may result either in new trial or in reduction of conviction to lesser charged offense
- defendant's repeated denial of serious difficulties between couple in face of consistent evidence to contrary was evidence of his consciousness of guilt
- no substantial risk of miscarriage of justice where evidence required jury to find element omitted from instruction
- “Because the defendant’s motion for a new trial could have been filed [either way], and ‘[n]othing of consequence turnfed] on this difference,’ we treat the motion ‘ “according to [its] nature and substance” rather than [its] technical form.’ ” [citations omitted]
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Cites
43 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. RandolphMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-12-19· cited 273×
- Commonwealth v. MahnkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-10-07· cited 218×
- Commonwealth v. AzarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-01-23· cited 186×
- Commonwealth v. CurtisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-05-02· cited 160×
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-04-27· cited 145×
- Commonwealth v. SiresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-07-29· cited 139×
- Commonwealth v. SannaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-01-13· cited 132×
- Commonwealth v. FreibergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-07-06· cited 121×
- Commonwealth v. WoodwardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-06-16· cited 111×
- Commonwealth v. JudgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-06-01· cited 108×
- Commonwealth v. GauldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-05-06· cited 89×
- Commonwealth v. FryarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-06-13· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. SeitMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-07-19· cited 76×
- Commonwealth v. NovickiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1949-06-29· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. FranksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-04-08· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. VizcarrondoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-05-07· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. RolonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-03-13· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. AzarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-04-22· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. KeoughMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-02-19· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. VizcarrondoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-05-05· cited 42×
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