Commonwealth v. Vaglica

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that meaningful trial proceedings begin once the process of jury selection is commenced
• noting that the jury selection process constitutes the commencement of meaningful trial proceedings as the selection of jurors can affect trial strategy and have serious ramifications on the trial’s outcome
• noting variety of circuits that deem the jury selection process as the commencement of meaningful trial proceedings
• noting variety of circuits that deem the jury selection process as the commencement of meaningful trial proceedings
• “To warrant an instruction on justification, the evidence must show, inter alia, that the defendant faced a clear and imminent harm not a harm that is debatable or speculative.”
• adopting \meaningful trial proceedings\ standard utilized in Lawrence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).