Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 5/1/1972

Commonwealth v. Kinney

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282 N.E.2d 409
361 Mass. 709
1972 Mass. LEXIS 945

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reducing two convictions of murder in second degree to manslaughter where defendant was set upon by group of women, struck in head, and dragged into stairwell before firing two shots, killing one woman and one child
reducing two convictions of murder in second degree to manslaughter where defendant was set upon by group of women, struck in head, and dragged into stairwell before firing two shots, killing one woman and one child
reducing verdict of second degree murder to manslaughter pursuant to § 33E
reducing two convictions of murder in second degree to manslaughter where defendant was set upon by group of women, struck in head, and dragged into stairwell before firing two shots, killing one woman and one child
involuntary manslaughter instruction warranted based on defendant's testimony that he produced gun while holding onto railing in stairway and being beaten by others, pointed it up towards ceiling, and \heard the gun go off\
defendant entitled to involuntary manslaughter instruction when he fired into ceiling

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Judges: Tauro, Spiegel, Braucher, Hennessey

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