Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 11/29/1944
Commonwealth v. Altenhaus
Citations
- 317 Mass. 270
- 57 N.E.2d 921
- 1944 Mass. LEXIS 847
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “Knowledge ‘may be, and generally is, proved by circumstantial evidence; and it may be inferred from a great variety of circumstances’ ”
- knowledge “may be, and generally is, proved by circumstantial evidence; and it may be inferred from a great variety of circumstances”
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Judges: Spalding
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44 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. KelleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-04-15· cited 184×
- Commonwealth v. MatchettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-06-14· cited 157×
- Commonwealth v. SandlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-10-09· cited 128×
- Commonwealth v. VitelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-09-26· cited 122×
- Commonwealth v. StoneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-12-12· cited 103×
- Commonwealth v. BakerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-06-06· cited 82×
- Commonwealth v. FlukerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-01-18· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. PopeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-02-08· cited 76×
- Commonwealth v. ClarkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-07-05· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. LaPerleMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-03-04· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. NicholsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1976-10-28· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. BaronMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1969-10-30· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. McGheeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-08-13· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. Louis Construction Co. Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-02-12· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. ChinnMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1978-12-04· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. BarryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-06-12· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. BucaulisMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1978-02-24· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. ObshatkinMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1974-02-28· cited 18×
- People v. ShapiroNew York Court of Appeals· 1958-06-25· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. DunningtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-11-22· cited 15×
Cites
5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. O'BrienMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1940-03-12· cited 103×
- Commonwealth v. MixerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1910-11-30· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. HorsfallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1913-01-04· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. CarterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1940-05-28· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. McKnightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1933-05-22· cited 24×
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