Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Carroll
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 13, 2003PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.
The defendant was indicted for mayhem and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon (a shod foot) in connection with a beating in Chelsea on February 9, 1997. The defendant’s first trial ended in a mistrial after the jury reported that they were unable to reach a verdict. The defendant was retried1 and found not guilty of mayhem but guilty of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon.
On appeal the defendant alleges (1) that the trial judge violated his constitutional right to present a defense by excluding evidence of the codefendant’s independent motive to commit the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Hamling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- United States v. NoblesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. RandolphMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Commonwealth v. HarrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
- Commonwealth v. HartfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- Commonwealth v. DelValleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Commonwealth v. BoyarskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
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