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Commonwealth v. LeClair

Citations

  • 445 Mass. 734
  • 840 N.E.2d 510
  • 2006 Mass. LEXIS 7

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  • reaffirming “well-established rule that evidence of provocation by a third party, rather than the victim of a homicide, is insufficient to warrant a voluntary manslaughter instruction”
  • rejecting the American Law Institute's Model Penal Code § 210.3 (1980

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Judges: Greaney

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