Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/19/1984
Commonwealth v. Aponte
Citations
- 462 N.E.2d 284
- 391 Mass. 494
- 1984 Mass. LEXIS 1441
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- using such a process to determine the racial and ethnic identities of prospective Essex County grand jurors
- “Our State Constitution often provides to criminal defendants broader protection than does the Federal Constitution under similar provisions”
- former Essex County “key man” jury selection system violated art. 12 when it excluded minorities from service
- “key man system” disfavored because city officials had discretion to pick names
- groups which art. 12 protects are those set out in art. 1
- addressing underrepresentation of Hispanic people on grand jury venires
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Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Liacos, Abrams, O'Connor
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22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- United States v. Rene C. Martinez, Kenneth W. Noel, and Steven T. GarciaSeventh Circuit· 1993-03-04· cited 554×
- Commonwealth v. DayeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-09-24· cited 161×
- Commonwealth v. FryarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-06-13· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. LongMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-03-30· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. GreinederMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-03-14· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. PopeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-07-13· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-05-11· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. ArriagaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-01-27· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. PraterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-03-22· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. ColonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-08-23· cited 31×
- Hernandez v. MarylandCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-12-21· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. AcenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-01-06· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. De La CruzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-07-03· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. L'AbbeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-11-08· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. TolentinoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-04-22· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. BurkeMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-08-06· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. DeArmasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-03-25· cited 13×
- Smith v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-05-09· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. LeitzseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-01-12· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. LopesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-10-01· cited 8×
Cites
10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Castaneda v. PartidaSupreme Court· 1977-03-23· cited 1,507×
- Commonwealth v. SoaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-03-08· cited 576×
- Commonwealth v. RodriquezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-08-06· cited 183×
- Commonwealth v. BotelhoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-03-05· cited 162×
- Commonwealth v. BastaracheMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-12-12· cited 116×
- Attorney General v. ColletonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-12-28· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. PetersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-04-05· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. RicardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1969-04-03· cited 55×
- Reddick v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-08-29· cited 37×
- Brunson v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-11-18· cited 25×
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