Massachusetts Appeals Court· 11/28/2001
Commonwealth v. Alfonso A.
Citations
- 53 Mass. App. Ct. 279
- 758 N.E.2d 1070
- 2001 Mass. App. LEXIS 1098
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting that “this court has questioned the notion that detail, alone, uncorroborated by police investigation, is an indication of veracity”
- noting that “this court has questioned the notion that detail, alone, uncorroborated by police investigation, is an indication of veracity”
- vague averment that the affiant knows the identity and whereabouts of the informant without any indication that he knew the name of the informant and could readily reach him or her is insufficient to strengthen the reliability of a tip
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5 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. Alfonso A.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-01-06· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. AlmeidaMassachusetts Superior Court· 2002-10-03· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. MercadoMassachusetts Superior Court· 2002-05-21
- Commonwealth v. AndradesMassachusetts Superior Court· 2003-09-30
- Commonwealth v. Nga TruongMassachusetts Superior Court· 2011-02-25
Cites
54 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
- Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court· 1983-06-08· cited 16,716×
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court· 1964-06-15· cited 7,289×
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1969-01-27· cited 6,223×
- United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court· 1965-03-01· cited 4,171×
- Massachusetts v. UptonSupreme Court· 1984-05-14· cited 821×
- People v. TislerIllinois Supreme Court· 1984-09-20· cited 446×
- Commonwealth v. UptonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-04-01· cited 401×
- State v. PreshaSupreme Court of New Jersey· 2000-03-23· cited 198×
- Commonwealth v. CastMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-07-11· cited 141×
- Commonwealth v. FreibergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-07-06· cited 121×
- Commonwealth v. Va Meng JoeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-06-03· cited 118×
- Stanley v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1974-01-02· cited 101×
- Commonwealth v. BarrosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-09-28· cited 94×
- Commonwealth v. BlakeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-12-16· cited 90×
- Commonwealth v. WatsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-02-08· cited 82×
- Commonwealth v. a JuvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-05-10· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. AtchueMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-11-19· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. UptonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-12-12· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. RojasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-12-08· cited 62×
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