Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 7/25/1996
Commonwealth v. Mack
Citations
- 423 Mass. 288
- 667 N.E.2d 867
- 1996 Mass. LEXIS 174
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- affirming trial judge’s decision that defendant could attend jury view only if he remained “in a police car and some distance away from the jury”
- firing gunshots in direction of others created \plain and strong likelihood of death\
- no involuntary manslaughter instruction required where defendant fired weapon several times in direction of victim allegedly only “in order to scare”
- “intentionally discharging a firearm in the direction of another person creates a plain and strong likelihood of death” and such evidence does not support involuntary manslaughter instruction
- “intentionally discharging a firearm in the direction of another person creates a plain and strong likelihood of death”
- intentionally discharging firearm in direction of another person creates plain and strong likelihood of death
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Judges: Liacos
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27 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. JamesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-04-23· cited 118×
- Commonwealth v. SimpsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-07-13· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. WallerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2016-09-20· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. BraleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-06-12· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. RedmondMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-10-18· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. PinaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-02-12· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. EvansMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-11-21· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. MorgantiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-11-25· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. CarterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-09-19· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. WallisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-12-18· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. GonzalezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-12-19· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. O'BrianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-01-10· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. HorneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-09-16· cited 19×
- COMMONWEALTH v. ODELL SANDERS.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2022-08-15· cited 18×
- COMMONWEALTH v. JOAQUIN DIAZ.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2022-01-06· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. CorlissMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-01-20· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. FerreiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-10-21· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. RileyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-01-25· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. ChildsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-12-15· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. AlebordMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-12-28· cited 9×
Cites
9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Victor v. NebraskaSupreme Court· 1994-05-16· cited 1,656×
- Commonwealth v. SiresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-07-29· cited 139×
- Commonwealth v. RosaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-02-09· cited 105×
- Commonwealth v. LawrenceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-03-20· cited 82×
- Commonwealth v. GordonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-06-10· cited 69×
- Commonwealth v. GagliardiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-08-04· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. BurkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-02-11· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. HamiltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-12-05· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. FruchtmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-05-27· cited 32×
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