Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 12/14/1982
Commonwealth v. Stillwell
Citations
- 443 N.E.2d 1272
- 387 Mass. 730
- 1982 Mass. LEXIS 1810
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- reversing first-degree murder conviction where jury instructions used portions of Webster charge explicitly placing burden on defendant to disprove malice and stating presumption that defendant intended “all the natural, probable, and usual consequences of his own acts”
- reversing first-degree murder conviction because of faulty malice instruction
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Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Abrams, Nolan, O'Connor
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9 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. AlbertMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-05-15· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. CallahanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-02-08· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. AmaralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-05-16· cited 40×
- Gerald M. Hill v. Michael MaloneyFirst Circuit· 1990-11-21· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. ElyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-01-26· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. BurbankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-04-15· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. SiresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-08-17· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. WhiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-06-25· cited 14×
- COMMONWEALTH v. RONNIE M. HARRIS.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2022-06-29· cited 4×
Cites
10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court· 1979-06-18· cited 3,585×
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court· 1975-06-09· cited 3,396×
- County Court of Ulster Cty. v. AllenSupreme Court· 1979-06-04· cited 1,990×
- Hankerson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court· 1977-06-17· cited 586×
- Commonwealth v. HofferMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-06-09· cited 161×
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-07-15· cited 131×
- Connolly v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-03-16· cited 79×
- Commonwealth v. RichardsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-08-20· cited 40×
- McAlister v. MassachusettsSupreme Court· 1975-01-13· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. StillwellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-07-12· cited 13×
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