Massachusetts Appeals Court· 4/27/2000
Commonwealth v. Grant
Citations
- 49 Mass. App. Ct. 169
- 727 N.E.2d 1207
- 2000 Mass. App. LEXIS 314
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- one correct instruction sandwiched between two incorrect instructions; substantial risk of miscarriage even where final words in supplemental instruction were correct
- “Where the error was invited by the defendant, our review is limited to whether a substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice occurred”
- although primary issue at trial was self-defense, erroneous instruction on provocation created substantial risk of miscarriage of justice where evidence at trial raised issue of provocation
- “Where the error [in giving an instruction] was invited by the defendant, our review is limited to whether a substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice occurred”
- “here the one correct instruction on the Commonwealth’s burden of proof on provocation in the judge’s final instructions to the jury at the close of evidence was sandwiched between two incorrect instructions”
- one correct instruction sandwiched between two incorrect instructions
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Judges: Porada
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15 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. ToonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-08-22· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. LittleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-06-21· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. McLaughlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-03-22· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. FicklingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-04-20· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. AriasMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-10-30· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-07-24· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-02-12· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. GendrawMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-09-03· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. EddingtonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2008-01-31· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. AzarMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-01-31· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. MontanezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-06-12· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. GilmoreMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-09-09· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. RoderiquesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-01-05· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. LearyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-09-29
- Commonwealth v. OrtonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-05-28
Cites
12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Francis v. FranklinSupreme Court· 1985-04-29· cited 2,053×
- Commonwealth v. HaywoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-04-05· cited 118×
- Commonwealth v. TorresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-06-12· cited 105×
- Commonwealth v. AcevedoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-07-02· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. NiemicMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-07-06· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. BoucherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-01-03· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. DiBenedettoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-05-08· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. CarmonaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-10-26· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. RoderickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-04-02· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. CarlinoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-06-14· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. KnightMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-07-28· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. PurcellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-12-09· cited 10×
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