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· 4/3/1969

Commonwealth v. Ricard

Citations

  • 246 N.E.2d 433
  • 355 Mass. 509
  • 1969 Mass. LEXIS 823

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “[a] fair jury is one that represents a cross section of community concepts [emphasis supplied]”
  • “A fair jury is one that represents a cross section of community concepts”
  • absence of motive for killing supports claim of lack of criminal responsibility
  • evidence of provocation that could lead a sane man to a “murderous act”

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Judges: Wilkins, Spalding, Whittemore, Kirk, Reardon

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