Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Reed
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 18, 1998PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
A jury convicted the defendant of murder in the second degree.1 We granted his application for direct appellate review. On appeal, he contends that the judge committed revers*101ible error by (1) failing adequately to instruct the jury regarding the mistaken testimony of one witness; (2) failing to instruct the jury on self-defense; (3) telling the jury during his instructions that there was “no issue of self-defense”; (4) failing to instruct the jury on battery manslaughter; (5) incorrectly defining “grievous injury” in response to a jury question about second prong malice; and (6) instructing…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. MelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. HarringtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. CurtisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. GreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Brum v. Town of DartmouthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- Commonwealth v. VinnieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. PikeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. FisherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. SouzaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
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