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· 7/20/1982

Commonwealth v. Loretta

Citations

  • 438 N.E.2d 56
  • 386 Mass. 794
  • 1982 Mass. LEXIS 1603

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • applying “substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice” standard to review of jury charge when the defendant had not objected below
  • There is \more than a soupcon of logic\ in the defendant's argument that \voluntary intoxication is as relevant to a defendant's capacity to form a specific criminal intent as it is to a defendant's capacity to premeditate deliberately\
  • There is “more than a soupgon of logic” in the defendant’s argument that “voluntary intoxication is as relevant to a defendant’s capacity to form a specific criminal intent as it is to a defendant’s capacity to premeditate deliberately”

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Judges: Hennessey, Liacos, Abrams, Nolan, Lynch

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