Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/30/1979
Commonwealth v. Allen
Citations
- 387 N.E.2d 553
- 377 Mass. 674
- 1979 Mass. LEXIS 1098
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- photograph of the victim’s bloody crotch, which was due to natural decomposition, possessed “great potential for inciting jury speculation about possible sexual overtones to the crime” in a murder trial
- adverse polygraph results improperly admitted as part of Commonwealth’s case in chief
- photographs of victim’s crotch not relevant and possibly prejudicial
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Judges: Hennessey, Quirico, Kaplan, Wilkins, Abrams
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21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. GarciaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-01-08· cited 150×
- State v. BiddleSupreme Court of Missouri· 1980-05-13· cited 125×
- State v. DeanWisconsin Supreme Court· 1981-07-06· cited 89×
- Commonwealth v. RepozaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-12-15· cited 87×
- Commonwealth v. NadwornyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-12-11· cited 79×
- Commonwealth v. BestMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-09-05· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. DaigleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-01-18· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-11-06· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. MooreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-29· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. CobbMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-01-09· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. DaltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-02-02· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. CardarelliMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-03-09· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. HealyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-11-28· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. DuniganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-07-01· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. MendesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-09-05· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. PrashawMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-01-08· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. MartinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-06-07· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. TalbotMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-01-13· cited 7×
- MillerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2008-04-30· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. FoleyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1979-05-21· cited 3×
Cites
11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-06-24· cited 198×
- Commonwealth v. FerreiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-07-22· cited 148×
- Commonwealth v. a JuvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-06-12· cited 123×
- Commonwealth v. VitelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-09-26· cited 122×
- Commonwealth v. FergusonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-03-27· cited 100×
- Commonwealth v. BysMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-05-28· cited 92×
- Commonwealth v. StewartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-06-14· cited 83×
- Commonwealth v. MoynihanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-09-26· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. RichmondMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-12-21· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. HortonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-09-19· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. MaloneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-12-29· cited 6×
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