Commonwealth v. McCarthy

How courts have described this case

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

• the “test to determine if an instruction on a lesser included offense is required does not depend on whether there is an objection by the defendant or the Commonwealth but rather whether the evidence supports the giving of such instruction”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• L.L., a juvenile v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-12-05· cited 587×
• Commonwealth v. Perry
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1983-02-09· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Drewnowski
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-05-05· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Mott
  Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div.· 1988-09-09

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Clinton
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-03-30· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Mullins
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-05-12· cited 22×
• Commonwealth v. Pizzano
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-06-12· cited 6×