Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 4/2/1976

Commonwealth v. Zukoski

Citations

345 N.E.2d 690
370 Mass. 23
1976 Mass. LEXIS 941

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defendant testified that victim threw glass of beer and swore at him; he knocked her to ground and then kicked her repeatedly until she died
no reasonable provocation for kicking forty-four year old victim as she lay on the ground and any threat from thrown glass had passed when defendant struck victim and knocked her down
victim throwing glass at defendant not reasonable provocation to trigger his kicking her to death, especially because threat from thrown glass had passed
no provocation instruction warranted where victim swore and threw glass at defendant; threat from thrown glass had passed before defendant struck victim
any threat from glass victim threw passed after defendant struck victim and knocked her to ground
trial judge has ‘range of discretion in determining whether a suggestion of recent contrivance exists in the circumstances’

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Judges: Hennessey, Reardon, Braucher, Kaplan, Wilkins

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