Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1/3/1989
Commonwealth v. Pitts
Citations
- 532 N.E.2d 34
- 403 Mass. 665
- 1989 Mass. LEXIS 1
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding manslaughter instruction not warranted if there is no evidence that events produced a “transport of passion”
- manslaughter instruction not warranted where defendant testified that he did not kill victim and there was no evidence that he subjectively experienced heat of passion
- “[t]o find murder based on a theory of transferred intent, the jury need only find that the defendant ‘intended to kill one person and, in the course of an attempt to do so, killed another’ ”
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Judges: Hennessey, Liacos, Abrams, O'Connor
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22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. SantiagoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-07-21· cited 142×
- Commonwealth v. AcevedoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-04-04· cited 139×
- Commonwealth v. FreibergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-07-06· cited 121×
- Commonwealth v. CarrionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-04-17· cited 117×
- Commonwealth v. FisherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-02-12· cited 101×
- Commonwealth v. BerryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-05-03· cited 78×
- Commonwealth v. DrumgoldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-07-18· cited 62×
- Lattimore v. DuboisFirst Circuit· 2002-11-14· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. ClarkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-06-29· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. KeohaneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-07-01· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. LittleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-06-21· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. MedinaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-02-17· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. EmersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-11-17· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. NaylorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-05-10· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. AriasMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-10-30· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. TaylorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-12-12· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. CastroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-11-21· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. HolmesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-01-24· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. SheaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-07-19· cited 8×
- Harbin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2009-02-13· cited 7×
Cites
12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. TavaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-01-29· cited 315×
- Commonwealth v. WaldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-05-30· cited 157×
- Commonwealth v. WilborneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-01-07· cited 113×
- Commonwealth v. SoarisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1931-04-06· cited 83×
- Commonwealth v. GarabedianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-02-25· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. PuleioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-02-25· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. AmaralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-05-16· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. MartinezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-01-07· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. LeateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-04-28· cited 25×
- McAlister v. MassachusettsSupreme Court· 1975-01-13· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. StillwellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-07-12· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. DeArmasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-03-25· cited 13×
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