Criminal – Murder – Mental impairment
Where a defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree on the theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty, the conviction cannot stand, as the jurors were not properly instructed that they could...
View ArticleContract – Incapacity – Mental impairment – Settlement
Where a plaintiff’s request for an order enforcing a settlement agreement was denied based on a Superior Court judge’s conclusion that, due to mental impairment, one of the defendants lacked the...
View ArticleCriminal – Murder – Mental impairment
Where a jury convicted a defendant of murder in the first degree, the trial judge did not err in refusing to give the defendant's requested jury instruction on mental impairment.
View ArticleCriminal – Murder – Mental impairment
Where a defendant was convicted of beating his wife to death with a hammer, (1) the judge did not err when instructing the jury about the defendant’s Miranda waiver and his defense of mental...
View ArticleCriminal – Murder – Mental impairment
Where a defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree on the theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty, the conviction cannot stand, as the jurors were not properly instructed that they could...
View ArticleContract – Incapacity – Mental impairment – Settlement
Where a plaintiff’s request for an order enforcing a settlement agreement was denied based on a Superior Court judge’s conclusion that, due to mental impairment, one of the defendants lacked the...
View ArticleCriminal – Murder – Mental impairment
Where a jury convicted a defendant of murder in the first degree, the trial judge did not err in refusing to give the defendant's requested jury instruction on mental impairment.
View ArticleCriminal – Murder – Mental impairment
Where a defendant was convicted of beating his wife to death with a hammer, (1) the judge did not err when instructing the jury about the defendant’s Miranda waiver and his defense of mental...
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