Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2/26/2001
Commonwealth v. Murray
Citations
- 51 Mass. App. Ct. 57
- 742 N.E.2d 1107
- 2001 Mass. App. LEXIS 119
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- malice “means only that [the defendant] intended to kill the victims and that such an intent to kill was unlawful, unexcused, without justification and without any mitigation”
- “It is therefore possible to set in motion events which, although intended to murder, nevertheless fall so short of the mark that they do not constitute an attempted battery.”
- malice and specific intent to kill are separate elements of attempted murder
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Judges: Brown
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12 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. ToonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-08-22· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. BoatengMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-01-21· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. LaBrieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-03-09· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. FranchinoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2004-06-25· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. FlanaganMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-03-15· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. GuamanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2016-08-17· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. PurrierMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-04-08· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. MahoneyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-04-05· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. OrmondeMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-06-14· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-06-26· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. JohnstonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-06-08· cited 2×
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Cites
16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-01-30· cited 202×
- Commonwealth v. HensonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-04-18· cited 162×
- Commonwealth v. WoodwardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-06-16· cited 111×
- Commonwealth v. SlaneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-11-08· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. OrtizMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-10-16· cited 64×
- Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 1991-08-15· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. NiemicMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-07-06· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. FernetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-11-26· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. HebertMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-10-28· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. NickersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-02-24· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. GouldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-11-19· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. DixonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1993-06-24· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. EnnisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-08-07· cited 21×
- People v. JohnsonCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1978-05-31· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. GagnonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-11-21· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-07-08· cited 3×
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