Commonwealth v. Allen
| Docket Number | SJC-11850 |
| Decision Date | 20 April 2016 |
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31 cases
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Commonwealth v. Richards
...that where excessive force in self-defense is used "the crime may be mitigated from murder to manslaughter." Commonwealth v. Allen, 474 Mass. 162, 172, 48 N.E.3d 427 (2016), quoting Commonwealth v. Young, 461 Mass. 198, 212, 959 N.E.2d 943 (2012). Reading the charge as a whole, the jury ins......
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Commonwealth v. Castillo
...person would believe them to be, the third person would be justified in using such force to protect himself.’ " Commonwealth v. Allen, 474 Mass. 162, 168, 48 N.E.3d 427 (2016), quoting Commonwealth v. Young, 461 Mass. 198, 208, 959 N.E.2d 943 (2012). A defendant is entitled to an instructio......
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Commonwealth v. Vargas
...the defendant's exception was preserved, we review the defendant's claim for prejudicial error. See Commonwealth v. Allen, 474 Mass. 162, 168, 48 N.E.3d 427 (2016). Defense of another is warranted if “(a) a reasonable person in the actor's position would believe his intervention to be neces......
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Commonwealth v. Weaver
...assertion, lack of license is not an element of unlicensed possession, but rather an affirmative defense. Commonwealth v. Allen, 474 Mass. 162, 174, 48 N.E.3d 427 (2016), and cases cited. Accordingly, the defendant bore the burden of producing evidence that he held a license, and he failed ......
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