Massachusetts Appeals Court· 11/7/1988
Commonwealth v. Mezzanotti
Citations
- 529 N.E.2d 1351
- 26 Mass. App. Ct. 522
- 1988 Mass. App. LEXIS 641
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “Excluded from that concept [of malice] are acts that are lawful or the result of an accident or mistake.”
- \Excluded from that concept [of malice] are acts that are lawful or the result of an accident or mistake.\
- “a voice identification may be considered by a jury as long as the witness expresses some basic familiarity with the voice he or she claims to identify”
- \a voice identification may be considered by a jury as long as the witness expresses some basic familiarity with the voice he or she claims to identify\
- \[A] voice identification may be considered by a jury as long as the witness expresses some basic familiarity with the voice he or she claims to identify\
- alleged error in malice instruction did not present substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice where \there was no serious dispute\ that the arson was \purposeful and intended to cause substantial destruction to the building\
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Judges: Greaney, Greanby, Perretta, Warner
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