Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1/7/1999
Commonwealth v. Hart
Citations
- 428 Mass. 614
- 703 N.E.2d 1180
- 1999 Mass. LEXIS 2
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “Indeed, the defendant had the opportunity to retreat and did so, but only to return a few minutes later armed with a loaded handgun”
- self-defense instruction not warranted where defendant had opportunity “to retreat and did so, but only to return a few minutes later armed with a loaded handgun”
- prosecutor’s closing argument may contain “inference[s] from the evidence”
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Judges: Wilkins
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9 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. FisherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-02-12· cited 101×
- Commonwealth v. NunesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-07-01· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. MercadoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-03-03· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. PasteurMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-07-24· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. KingstonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-03-12· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. TiradoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-02-24· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. LopezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-07-08· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. OlivierMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2016-08-10· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. WallaceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-07-06· cited 6×
Cites
8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. HarringtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-01-09· cited 175×
- Commonwealth v. BarrosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-07-28· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. MaguireMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-07-12· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. PinckneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-01-19· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. EpsomMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-02-18· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. AndrewsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-05-14· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. ReedMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-03-18· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. MedinaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-06-26· cited 11×
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