{"id":1884,"date":"2019-02-06T13:32:46","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T18:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/?p=1884"},"modified":"2019-02-06T13:32:46","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T18:32:46","slug":"massachusetts-sjc-uphold-michelle-carters-conviction-of-involuntary-manslaughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/massachusetts-sjc-uphold-michelle-carters-conviction-of-involuntary-manslaughter\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts SJC uphold Michelle Carter&#8217;s conviction of involuntary manslaughter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Michelle Carter\u2019s conviction for involuntary manslaughter.\u00a0 The SJC began its decision by addressing what it decided in Michelle Carter\u2019s first appeal to the SJC referred to as Carter I.\u00a0 In Carter I, the SJC held that verbal conduct alone could overcome a person\u2019s will and rise to wanton and reckless conduct to support a conviction for involuntary manslaughter.<\/p>\n<p>The SJC held that the evidence presented to the trial judge was sufficient to support a conviction.\u00a0 The SJC essentially adopted the reasoning of the trial judge in the case.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Evidence Supporting the conviction\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/massachusetts-sjc-uphold-michelle-carters-conviction-of-involuntary-manslaughter\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Massachusetts SJC uphold Michelle Carter&#8217;s conviction of involuntary manslaughter\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Michelle Carter\u2019s conviction for involuntary manslaughter.\u00a0 The SJC began its decision by addressing what it decided in Michelle Carter\u2019s first appeal to the SJC referred to as Carter I.\u00a0 In Carter I, the SJC held that verbal conduct alone could overcome a person\u2019s will and rise to wanton and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-criminal-trials"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Massachusetts SJC uphold Michelle Carter&#039;s conviction of involuntary manslaughter &#8212; 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