presumption-of-malice

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
19-5893 Melissa Pfeiffer v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2019-09-10 Denied IFP conscious-disregard-for-risk criminal-law felony-murder inherent-dangerousness inherently-dangerous inherently-dangerous-felony judicial-determination judicial-fact-finding jury-instructions malice-aforethought massachusetts-law presumption-of-malice sentencing Whether the judge or the jury decides the issue of intent in a second-degree felony murder case where the underlying felony is inherently dangerous as…