Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/5/1997

Commonwealth v. Sexton

Citations

425 Mass. 146
680 N.E.2d 23
1997 Mass. LEXIS 122

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banging the victim’s head against the pavement constitutes assault and battery with a dangerous weapon
pavement and ocean may be dangerous weapons despite inability of individual “to possess the ocean [or pavement] or exercise authority over it in a traditional sense”
sufficient evidence of intentional use of pavement where defendant \bang[ed] the victim's head against the hard surface\
assault and battery by means of dangerous weapon under joint venture theory
sufficient evidence to support guilty verdict for assault and battery by means of dangerous weapon as joint venturer even without defendant's prior knowledge that joint venturer intended to use dangerous weapon [concrete pavement] \to effectuate the attack\
sufficient evidence to support guilty verdict for assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon as a joint venturer even without defendant's prior knowledge that the joint venturer intended to use the dangerous weapon [concrete pavement] \to effectuate the attack\

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Judges: Fried

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