Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 5/4/2012

Commonwealth v. Norris

Citations

462 Mass. 131
967 N.E.2d 113
2012 WL 1537929
2012 Mass. LEXIS 351

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instructing on unrequested defense might \interfere[] with the defendants' right to present their chosen defenses\
finding sufficient evidence of shared intent when, after a violent altercation ending in a codefendant shooting the victim six times, the defendant walked over to the victim and kicked him in the face
evidence sufficient to conclude that defendant was joint venturer in armed robbery where defendant continued to participate in robbery after learning codefendant was armed
instructions on defense of another warranted where evidence is sufficient to create reasonable doubt as to whether defendant reasonably believed intervention was necessary to prevent harm to third party
instructions on defense of another warranted where evidence is sufficient to create reasonable doubt as to whether defendant reasonably believed intervention was necessary to prevent harm to third party
defendant \had an opportunity to see the gun earlier that evening on the trip\ to site of robbery

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Judges: Botsford

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