Commonwealth v. Norris’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
17
cited by 17 later decisions
1
states following
January 2022
most recently cited
17 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Latimore · Commonwealth v. Soares · Commonwealth v. Wright · Cecil v. United States · Commonwealth v. Adams
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“In order to convict Facey of murder as a joint venturer, the jury would have to find that Facey had participated in a murder with Norris, the principal. See Commonwealth v. Zanetti, 454 Mass. 449, 468 (2009). If Norris had succeeded on his claim of self-defense, Facey necessarily would have been acquitted of the murder charge because Norris would only have committed a justified killing, and there would be no murder in which Facey could have participated. See Commonwealth v. Rogers, 459 Mass. 249, 270 , cert. denied, [ 565 U.S. 1080 ] (2011) ('if the defendant engaged in the proper exercise of self-defense, there can be no verdict of murder'). The same would be true with respect to a successful theory of defense of another.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“move . . . that the jury reasonably could have inferred was designed to allow [coventurer] to take a shot”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“so manifestly unreasonable as to be unprotected by the labels of 'trial strategy' or 'trial tactics.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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