Massachusetts Appeals Court· 3/19/2002
Commonwealth v. Vega
Citations
- 54 Mass. App. Ct. 249
- 764 N.E.2d 913
- 2002 Mass. App. LEXIS 366
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- acquittal of murder \does not relieve the defendant of responsibility for having set in motion a chain of events in which death was a distinct possibility\
- although jury acquitted defendant of causing \ultimate death\ of victim, sentencing judge could still consider it as aggravating factor where defendant \set in motion a chain of events in which death was a distinct possibility\
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Cites
18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court· 1986-04-30· cited 16,401×
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-07· cited 1,893×
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-06-01· cited 628×
- Commonwealth v. SoaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-03-08· cited 576×
- Commonwealth v. FryarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-04-07· cited 82×
- Commonwealth v. ColemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-01-23· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. FryarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-06-13· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. MandileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-07-21· cited 69×
- Commonwealth v. ValentinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-05-08· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. DiMatteoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1981-11-02· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. McCravyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-02-14· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. CalderonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-03-10· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. ReavesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-06-21· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. DostieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-07-10· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. FutchMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1995-02-27· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. HowardMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-03-20· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. CrimminsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-03-19· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. LewisMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-09-18· cited 8×
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