Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Worcester
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided February 5, 1998No. 96-P-235PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDreben, J.
At his trial on an indictment for first degree murder *259in the stabbing death of Gregory Hairston, the defendant claimed self-defense. The stabbing occurred at an apartment in the Dorchester section of Boston early in the morning of February 23, 1993. The defendant and the victim were both visitors at the apartment and each knew certain of its residents. There was no dispute that earlier in the evening the victim racially disparaged the defendant,1 spat on him, ordered him to give the victim the defendant’s “loot,” and threatened him with a knife. The Commonwealth witnesses, the residents of…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Commonwealth v. KozecMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. SantiagoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. BastaracheMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. ZukoskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. GordonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GaynorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Commonwealth v. LewisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Commonwealth v. MitchellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- Commonwealth v. RutherfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2017
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
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