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Commonwealth v. Forbes

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided August 26, 2014No. AC 13-P-730PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMilkey, J.

After a jury trial in Superior Court, the defendant was convicted of one count of mayhem, G. L. c. 265, § 14 (first theory), and one count of assault and battery causing serious bodily injury, G. L. c. 265, § 13A(¿»)(i). The defendant makes two different arguments that the mayhem conviction is unsupported by sufficient evidence. Finding those arguments unpersuasive, we affirm that conviction. However, we vacate the conviction of as sault and battery causing serious bodily injury, because we agree with the defendant that it is duplicative of the mayhem conviction.

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2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  2. Commonwealth v. VickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
  3. Commonwealth v. CrockerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
  4. Commonwealth v. RoucouletMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
  5. Commonwealth v. BrooksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. CoutuMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2015
  2. Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2017
  3. Commonwealth v. WatsonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2018
  4. COMMONWEALTH v. KHALID KALILA.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 2023
  5. COMMONWEALTH v. JEAN LAHENS.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 2021

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