Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/15/1973

Commonwealth v. Rembiszewski

Citations

293 N.E.2d 919
363 Mass. 311
1973 Mass. LEXIS 400

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scratches on defendant-husband’s face caused by victim-wife deemed insufficient evidence of provocation to warrant manslaughter charge
“It is an extravagant suggestion that scratches by the [victim] could serve as provocation for a malice-free but ferocious attack by the defendant with a deadly instrument”
“It is an extravagant suggestion that scratches [in flicted by the victim on the defendant’s face] could serve as provocation for a malice-free but ferocious attack by the defendant with a deadly instrument”
suggestion that scratches inflicted on defendant by his wife could serve as provocation for ferocious yet “malice-free” attack by defendant with deadly instrument was “extravagant”
scratches made by the victim on the defendant’s face could not “serve as provocation for a malice-free but ferocious attack by the defendant with a deadly instrument”
“It is an extravagant suggestion that scratches [inflicted by the victim on the defendant’s face] could serve as provocation for a malice-free but ferocious attack by the defendant with a deadly instrument”

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Judges: Tauro, Reardon, Hennessey, Kaplan, Wilkins

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