Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2/10/1975

Commonwealth v. Jones

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323 N.E.2d 726
366 Mass. 805
1975 Mass. LEXIS 1142

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reducing verdict from murder in second degree to manslaughter where victim “struck the defendant a heavy blow on the jaw which sent him reeling backward several steps” before defendant stabbed victim in chest with fishing knife defendant carried with him every day
defendant was twenty-eight years old, married, with six small children, and \gainfully employed\
defendant was twenty-eight years old, married, with six small children, and “gainfully employed”
no evidence of prior trouble between defendant and victim
no evidence of prior trouble between defendant and victim
earlier arguments precipitated violent quarrel and fatal attack

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Judges: Tauro, Reardon, Quirico, Hennessey, Wilkins

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