Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/25/1982

Commonwealth v. Perry

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433 N.E.2d 446
385 Mass. 639
1982 Mass. LEXIS 1359

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case tried after Gould, conviction reduced to murder in the second degree because judge improperly refused to give requested instruction based on Gould
case tried after Gould, conviction reduced to murder in the second degree because judge improperly refused to give requested instruction based on Gould
instruction on defendant's intoxication as bearing on the charge of murder in the first degree on the ground of extreme atrocity or cruelty
instruction on defendant’s intoxication as bearing on the charge of murder in the first degree on the ground of extreme atrocity or cruelty
defendant permitted to read to jury notations on hospital record that his wife had suicidal thoughts and was found in hospital bed, drowsy, with a lit cigarette
jury must consider evidence of defendant’s intoxication when determining whether murder was committed with extreme atrocity or cruelty

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Judges: Abrams, Hennessey, Liacos, Lynch, Nolan, O'Connor, Wilkins

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