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Michelle Carter Appellant Carter Reply Brief
Michelle Carter Appellant Carter Reply Brief
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I Commonwealth of Massachus~tts
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Commonwealth
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[email protected]
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Certification
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Table of Authorities
I A. Cases
I Commonwealth v. Atencio,
345 Mass. 627 (1963) ... 3
I Commonwealth v. Catalina,
407 Mass. 779 (1990) ..... 4
I Commonwealth v. Levesque,
436 Mass. 443 (2002) ..... 5
I Commonwealth v. Pugh,
462 Mass. 482 (2012) 4
I Commonwealth v. Walker,
442 Mass. 185 (2004) .. 4
I Persampieri v. Commonwealth,
343 Mass. 19 (1961) ..... . 3, 4
I B. Other Authorities
I G.L. c. 119, 54 . . . . . . . . . . 2
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Issues As To The Commonwealth's Statement Of
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Argument
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I. Issues As To The Commonwealth's Argument I
In rejecting Carter's motion to dismiss, the
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to commit suicide.
I As to the latter point, neither case addresses
the trigger, and the gun did not fire. The second
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fire. He then physically gave the gun to the decedent,
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The Commonwealth does not suggest the existence of any
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employer/employee relationship.
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encouraged Roy to carry through with his plan to take
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Respectfully submitted,
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Michelle Carter
By her attorneys,
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Dana Alan Curhan
B.B.O. # 544250
Joseph P. Cataldo
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29 Commonwealth Ave. Cornelius J. Madera, III
Fifth Floor
Boston, MA 02116-2349
B.B.O. # 658665
Ryan Faenza Cataldo, LLC
1000 Franklin Village Drive
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[email protected] Suite 302
Franklin, MA 02038
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Certification
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