Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Joyce
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 2, 1984PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDreben, J.
The defendants, Joyce and Devin, were each convicted on three indictments for assault with a dangerous weapon and one for involuntary manslaughter. They allege numerous grounds of appeal, including insufficiency of evidence, improper disallowance of their peremptory challenges to one of the jurors, and failure properly to charge the jury. We affirm Devin’s convictions but reverse those of Joyce because we conclude that he was entitled to an instruction on withdrawal from a joint venture. We shall state the facts relevant to each claim in our discussion of the issues.
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2Cases cited22 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. SoaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. CasaleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. BiancoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Brewer v. Marshall, SheriffCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
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- Commonwealth v. FickettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
- People v. KernAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- Commonwealth v. MathewsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1991
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