Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Maskell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 1, 1988PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
Convicted of murder in the first degree, the defendant brings this appeal pursuant to G. L. c. 278, § 33E (1986 ed.). The claims of error are addressed solely to the judge’s charge to the jury. Should there be reversible error, the parties have agreed that we should exercise our discretionary power under § 33E to reduce the defendant’s conviction to manslaughter (G. L. c. 265, § 13 [1986 ed.]), rather than to remand for a new trial. We conclude that the failure of the judge to give an instruction on voluntary manslaughter constituted reversible error. We have reviewed the record. We conclude…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WaldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. VanderpoolMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. KendrickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
- Commonwealth v. BakerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RandolphMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. AcevedoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
- Commonwealth v. LaCavaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
- Commonwealth v. MedinaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Commonwealth v. VintonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
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