Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Eberle
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided February 3, 2012No. 10-P-1422PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMills, J.
A District Court jury convicted the defendant of resisting arrest, G. L. c. 268, § 32B, while acquitting him of three counts of assault and battery on a police officer, G. L. c. 265, § 13D. The defendant argues that the judge erred by not instructing the jury on self-defense, and that this error gave rise to a substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice. We agree and therefore reverse the conviction and remand for a new trial.1
*236Facts. The following facts are uncontested. On April 11, 2010, Lynnfield police received a dispatch regarding a potential domestic disturbance at 6 Timberhill Lane in…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Commonwealth v. AlphasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. PikeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. KendrickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
- Commonwealth v. LapageMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Commonwealth v. NorrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2013
- Commonwealth v. FantauzziMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2017
- Commonwealth v. LopesMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2017