Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Caines
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided December 23, 1996No. 94-P-2022PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWarner, C.J.
The defendant was convicted by a Superior Court jury of murder in the second degree. On appeal, he contends that his conviction should be overturned because of two errors in the jury instructions. He argues that the trial judge defined malice incorrectly and that he gave a voluntary manslaughter instruction for which there was insufficient evi*813dence. Finally, he contends that the third definition of malice aforethought, known as third prong malice, should be eradicated from our jurisprudence. We affirm.
The defendant’s confession. On May 22, 1993, the day after the murder, the defendant walked…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. WaldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. GreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. SiresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. MadeirosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Commonwealth v. AzarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. MendesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. SerinoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. RussellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
- Niland v. HallCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2002
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