Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/9/1978

Commonwealth v. Stokes

Citations

374 N.E.2d 87
374 Mass. 583
1978 Mass. LEXIS 878

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applying “more careful scrutiny” to instructions “in any case where the trial occurred after the date of Mullaney ”
applying \more careful scrutiny\ to instructions \in any case where the trial occurred after the date of Mullaney \
declining the “escape route” of Hankerson footnote 8 and holding that no request or exception at trial is required to preserve full direct review of Mullaney claims in cases tried before Mulla-ney was decided
instruction that defendant guilty only of manslaughter, not murder, where defendant privileged to use force in self-defense but used excessive force
if no objection is made to admission of private marital conversation, it may be admitted for its substance
contemporaneous objection rule does not apply where “the question is one of the retroactive application of certain constitutional requirements.”

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Judges: Hennessey, Quirico, Braucher, Kaplan, Wilkins, Liacos, Abrams

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