Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/21/2011
Commonwealth v. King
Citations
- 460 Mass. 80
- 949 N.E.2d 426
- 2011 Mass. LEXIS 446
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- concluding that there was no significant risk of miscarriage of justice where, inter alla, the strength of the Commonwealth’s case was based on the significant credibility of the victim, witness, and police sergeant
- no substantial risk of miscarriage of justice where \sufficient evidence for the jury to conclude that the defendant used unreasonable force in the circumstances\
- self-defense instruction warranted if evidence, viewed in light most favorable to 6 defendant, shows, among other things, that defendant \used all reasonable means to avoid physical combat\
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Judges: Ireland
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Cites
17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. RandolphMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-12-19· cited 273×
- Commonwealth v. AzarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-01-23· cited 186×
- Commonwealth v. HarringtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-01-09· cited 175×
- Commonwealth v. LeFaveMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-08-18· cited 138×
- Commonwealth v. KendrickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1966-06-24· cited 112×
- Commonwealth v. NiemicMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-07-06· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. ShafferMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-04-28· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. GlackenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-04-14· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. MejiaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-05-22· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. DeagleMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-11-26· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-03-21· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. GomezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-02-21· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. FranchinoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2004-06-25· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. LeBlancMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-02-18· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-02-04· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. KingMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-07-06· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. AlebordMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-08-11· cited 4×
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