93 Mass. App. Ct. 399 - Commonwealth v. Taranovsky’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
May 2019
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Old Chief v. United States · Commonwealth v. Latimore · Dwyer v. Globe Newspaper Co. · Commonwealth v. Azar · 22 Mass. App. Ct. 10 - Commonwealth v. Miranda
Most-quoted passages
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“'whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt' (emphasis omitted). [ Commonwealth v.] Latimore , 378 Mass. [671,] 677 [ 393 N.E.2d 370 (1979) ]. 'The inferences drawn from [the] evidence need only be reasonable and possible, not necessary or inescapable.' Commonwealth v. Morgan , 449 Mass. 343 , 349 [ 868 N.E.2d 99 ] (2007) (quotation omitted).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[i]n Maguire , the court announced that one of the five elements of the offense (element four) requires the Commonwealth to prove an 'objective component,' namely, that the defendant's conduct not only caused one or more persons to be shocked or alarmed, but in addition, 'that "shock”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[W]here error pertains to the definition given to the jury of the crime charged, the possibility of a substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice is inherent”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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