Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 9/14/2001

Commonwealth v. Johnson

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435 Mass. 113
754 N.E.2d 685
2001 Mass. LEXIS 491

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obtaining and repeatedly firing gun at close range was sufficient to establish deliberate premeditation
three prong malice instruction on murder in the first degree under deliberate premeditation theory created substantial likelihood of miscarriage of justice when second and third prongs of malice were also incorporated into deliberate premeditation instruction
evidence of mental impairment relevant fact bearing on Commonwealth’s proof of premeditation element

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Judges: Cowin

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