Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Accetta
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 13, 1996PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The defendant was convicted of manslaughter on an indictment charging him with murder in the first degree. The defendant shot the victim during a struggle in a lounge in West Springfield. He contended that he had acted reasonably in self-defense. He appealed and we transferred the defendant’s appeals to this court on our own motion.
The first of the two issues that the defendant argues on appeal concerns the trial judge’s exclusion of a portion of the grand jury testimony of a prosecution witness, testimony which the defendant says indicates that the victim had at least partial possession of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DayeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. BerryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. ConefreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. DevlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
- Commonwealth v. FickettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GrandisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. ZanettiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Commonwealth v. BerryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Commonwealth v. SantosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
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