Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/10/2010
Commonwealth v. Hinds
Citations
- 457 Mass. 83
- 927 N.E.2d 1009
- 2010 Mass. LEXIS 304
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- defendant “is not entitled to an instruction on the excessive use of force in self-defense where there is no evidence that, at a minimum, the defendant was entitled to use some force in self-defense”
- male victim pushed his coat back with hand and defendant thought he had gun in belt or back pocket; no “reasonable person [would] have understood [the victim’s] purported hand movements to suggest that [he] was reaching for a gun to shoot the defendant”
- addressing voluntary manslaughter and reasonable provocation
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Judges: Gants
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10 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. RodriquezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-12-12· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. GonzalezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-07-09· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. GloverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-06-01· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. GoddardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2017-02-09· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-04-26· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. SpinucciMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-09-29· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. WallaceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-07-06· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. GarciaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-06-07· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. FitzpatrickMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-11-02
- Commonwealth v. Kenneth Jose Santana-RodriguezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2025-10-14
Cites
21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. WaldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-05-30· cited 157×
- Commonwealth v. AcevedoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-04-04· cited 139×
- Commonwealth v. CarrionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-04-17· cited 117×
- Commonwealth v. GroomeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-10-05· cited 117×
- Commonwealth v. McLeodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-05-08· cited 86×
- Commonwealth v. NardoneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-11-20· cited 86×
- Commonwealth v. ColonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-05-22· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. SchnoppsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-03-16· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. ClementeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-09-05· cited 66×
- Aiello v. MassachusettsSupreme Court· 1985-10-21· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. RuizMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-11-19· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. AndradeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-03-06· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. SchnoppsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-01-09· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. EspadaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-02-20· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. GlackenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-04-14· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. Vuthy SengMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-04-12· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. ZagrodnyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-12-20· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. SantosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-09-15· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. JohnstonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-04-14· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. BensonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-01-16· cited 9×
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