Commonwealth v. Bell

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• \A judge considering a motion to dismiss should not confuse the question of probable cause to arrest with questions more properly resolved by the fact finder at trial\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Humberto H.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-11-26· cited 56×
• Commonwealth v. Coggeshall
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-02-24· cited 23×
• Commonwealth v. Huggins
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-08-08· cited 19×
• Commonwealth v. Brennan
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-12-21· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Richardson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-04-17· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-12-12· cited 6×
• Manchester v. City of Amesbury
  D. Massachusetts· 2015-09-30· cited 2×
• Commonwealth v. Goodness
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-12-28
• Commonwealth v. Taylor
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-02-21
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-03-02
• Commonwealth v. Germaini
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-03-12
• Commmonwealth v. Carpinto
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-06-20
• Commonwealth v. Louis
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-12-10
• Commonwealth v. Salvatore
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2023-12-14
• Commonwealth v. Michael W. Tyson
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2024-09-30
• Commonwealth v. Robert Kawada
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2026-03-16
• Commonwealth v. Nicholas Akerberg
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2026-03-04

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. McCarthy
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-01-29· cited 275×
• Commonwealth v. O'DELL
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-07-11· cited 213×
• Commonwealth v. Stevens
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-06-02· cited 95×
• Commonwealth v. DiBennadetto
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-03-13· cited 39×
• Commonwealth v. McCreary
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-11-24· cited 27×
• Commonwealth v. Gallant
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-04-09· cited 20×
• Commonwealth v. Goldstein
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-05-28· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Lester L.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-10-07· cited 14×
• Eagle-Tribune Publishing Co. v. Clerk-Magistrate of the Lawrence Division of the District Court Department
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-03-28· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Riley
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-02-23· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Black
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-01-04· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Simpson
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-04-11· cited 6×
• Commonwealth v. Cathy C.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-09-08· cited 6×