Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 12/12/2011

Commonwealth v. Rodriquez

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461 Mass. 100
958 N.E.2d 518
2011 Mass. LEXIS 1151

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finding of extreme atrocity or cruelty supported where defendant stabbed unarmed victim seven times with \significant force\ in \areas in the body that were likely to cause serious injury and pain\
judge correctly excluded evidence of victim’s prior violence where no evidence to support defendant’s claim of self-defense
evidence insufficient to entitle defendant to self-defense instruction; although victim walked “hastily” toward defendant, such movement could not be construed as initiating confrontation or actual combat
no sudden combat where victim walked \hastily\ toward defendant, without any accompanying physical gestures indicating intended violence
defendant could not have been surprised that victim would strike back
deadly confrontation fueled by animus

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