Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/21/2000

Commonwealth v. Little

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431 Mass. 782
730 N.E.2d 304
2000 Mass. LEXIS 361

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sufficient evidence of extreme atrocity or cruelty where defendant fired seven shots at victim with handgun
error repeated in response to jury question and in subsequently provided written copy of charge
where provocation at issue, judge’s erroneous instructions on burden of proof on provocation gave rise to substantial likelihood of miscarriage of justice
evidence that defendant believed victim, whom he knew carried gun in past and had made gesture of reaching for gun at his hip, permitted self-defense instruction
main charge, oral supplementary instruction, and written supplementary instruction all incorrect
error in oral charge repeated in written charge

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Judges: Greaney

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