Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Rubin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 30, 1945PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
This is an indictment for manslaughter in the killing of Guy P. Formica. The defendant was found guilty, and brings the case here by appeal, with a summary of the record, a transcript of the evidence, and an assignment of errors, as provided in G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, as amended. The only errors assigned, two in number, are in substance the exclusion of evidence of threats made by the deceased against the defendant, although the defendant does not contend that those threats were .communicated to the defendant before the shooting and killing of Formica.
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2Cases cited37 opinions
- Shepard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Commonwealth v. TrefethenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Commonwealth v. RussMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Stokes v. . People of the State of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Brown v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Fortini v. MurphyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
- Commonwealth v. PikeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. ConnollyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Commonwealth v. SimpsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. MillerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
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