Commonwealth v. Monsen

How courts have described this case

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• not necessary to show any intent beyond malice aforethought or that defendant was cognizant of extraordinary nature of his actions
• not necessary to show any intent beyond malice aforethought or that defendant was cognizant of extraordinary nature of his actions
• ordinarily a judge has no obligation to instruct the jury sua sponte as to the purposes for which evidence is offered at trial
• “An accomplice who possesses the necessary malice aforethought to justify a conviction of murder in the second degree may legitimately be convicted of murder in the first degree if his partner accomplishes the crime in an extremely atrocious or cruel manner”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).