Commonwealth v. Tevenal

How courts have described this case

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

• although juvenile’s mother did not speak English and no court interpreter was present, juvenile had opportunity to consult with his mother and other family members
• eventhough separate intoxication instructions are not required on issue of defendant’s conscious disregard for risk to human life, judge’s charge should not foreclose jury from considering evidence of defendant’s voluntary intoxication
• only where judge determines that felony is not inherently dangerous does it become factual question whether defendant acted in conscious disregard for risk to human life
• juvenile’s mother was interested adult despite defendant’s argument that mother became emotional after learning charges facing son
• armed robbery may serve as predicate for felony-murder in first degree
• armed robbery may serve as predicate for felony-murder

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).