Massachusetts Appeals Court· 8/20/1979
Commonwealth v. Griffin
Citations
- 8 Mass. App. Ct. 276
- 392 N.E.2d 1220
- 1979 Mass. App. LEXIS 923
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- affirming involuntary manslaughter conviction of defendant intending to \scare the victim\ or \play a foolhardy game\ by pointing firearm at victim's head and pulling trigger
- jury could reach manslaughter conviction where weapon contained “mix of live and blank ammunition”
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Judges: Keville
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Cites
29 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. WelanskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1944-06-05· cited 283×
- Commonwealth v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-09-20· cited 196×
- Commonwealth v. KelleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-04-15· cited 184×
- Commonwealth v. SlavskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1923-05-27· cited 166×
- Commonwealth v. StoreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-06-25· cited 141×
- Commonwealth v. EarltopMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-03-21· cited 128×
- Commonwealth v. RobertsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-05-15· cited 119×
- Commonwealth v. StoneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-12-12· cited 103×
- Commonwealth v. AlbanoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-07-25· cited 100×
- Commonwealth v. BurkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-11-02· cited 92×
- Commonwealth v. O'BRIENMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-04-06· cited 76×
- Commonwealth v. NordstromMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-11-16· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. BlaikieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-07-06· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. McCauleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1969-04-07· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. MangulaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1975-01-17· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. AtencioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1963-03-28· cited 46×
- Schaeffer v. General Motors Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-03-16· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. WallaceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1963-05-02· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. BouvierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1944-06-12· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. LannonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-01-08· cited 31×
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