Massachusetts Appeals Court· 8/2/1984
Commonwealth v. Joyce
Citations
- 467 N.E.2d 214
- 18 Mass. App. Ct. 417
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- upholding conviction of involuntary manslaughter where defendants chased victim into subway station while showering subway platform with rocks and bottles, and victim, fearing for his life, jumped onto subway tracks and was hit and killed by subway train
- defendants who attacked victim without provocation were responsible for death of victim who was forced to run onto train tracks where he was struck and killed by a train
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Judges: Brown, Dreben, Warner
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13 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Brewer v. Marshall, SheriffFirst Circuit· 1997-07-21· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. CookMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-12-20· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. FickettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-08-10· cited 67×
- People v. KernAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1989-07-31· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. MathewsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-11-20· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. FutchMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1995-02-27· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. TiexeiraMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1990-09-10· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. LegendreMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1988-02-04· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. CarletonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-02-28· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. BranchMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-01-31· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. CavottaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-02-24· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. HickeyMassachusetts Superior Court· 2003-08-06
- Commonwealth v. MoscaritoloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2026-03-06
Cites
22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-07· cited 1,893×
- Commonwealth v. SoaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-03-08· cited 576×
- Commonwealth v. CasaleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-07-17· cited 224×
- Commonwealth v. BiancoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-03-09· cited 148×
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-04-27· cited 145×
- Commonwealth v. RhoadesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-02-19· cited 95×
- Commonwealth v. MonahanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1965-05-03· cited 79×
- Commonwealth v. GreenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1939-04-10· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. ReidMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-08-05· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. FioreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-03-25· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. MangulaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1975-01-17· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. DiMatteoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1981-11-02· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. DelleloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1965-07-08· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-11-30· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. GravesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-07-23· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. BurkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-11-02· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. BarrowsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-05-10· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. GreeneMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-05-09· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. KellyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-07-22· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. GriffeySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-07-02· cited 9×
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