Commonwealth v. Benson

How courts have described this case

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

• acquittal of arson and breaking and entering with intent to commit arson followed by conviction for conspiracy to commit arson
• “doctrine of collateral estoppel only applies in a criminal case where there is mutuality of the parties”
• “Criminal culpability for a substantive offense on the theory of a joint venture is based on elements distinct from those involved in proof of a conspiracy”
• “A finding of not guilty at a criminal trial can result from any number of factors having nothing to do with the defendant’s actual guilt” [citation omitted]
• relying on common law to define offense of conspiracy

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

26 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Ellis
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-09-10· cited 192×
• State v. Dean
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1994-11-18· cited 113×
• Commonwealth v. Woods
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-02-18· cited 56×
• Commonwealth v. Arriaga
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-03-10· cited 34×
• Commonwealth v. Stephens
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-05-08· cited 31×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-03-16· cited 27×
• Commonwealth v. Royce
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-06-14· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Pero
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-06-07· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Dorazio
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-09-02· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Mendes
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-04-01· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Vazquez
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-07-30· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Coleman
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-08-12· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Nee
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-10-27· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. DeCillis
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-09-18· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Kline
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-04-26· cited 6×
• Commonwealth v. Cannavo
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1983-08-25· cited 3×
• Commonwealth v. Ianelli
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-02-27· cited 3×
• Commonwealth v. Charles
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2012-01-04· cited 3×
• Commonwealth v. Costa
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-06-10· cited 2×
• Commonwealth v. Rabb
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-09-24· cited 2×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ashe v. Swenson
  Supreme Court· 1970-04-20· cited 4,277×
• Benton v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 4,063×
• Sealfon v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1948-01-12· cited 555×
• United States v. Stephen Kramer
  Second Circuit· 1961-05-02· cited 197×
• Commonwealth v. French
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-05-04· cited 125×
• United States v. Grover Lamar Lee
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-07-30· cited 95×
• Commonwealth v. Stasiun
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1965-04-22· cited 80×
• Limone v. Massachusetts
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 79×
• Commonwealth v. Scala
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-04-30· cited 70×
• Commonwealth v. Niziolek
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-05-02· cited 63×
• Commonwealth v. Cerveny
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-08-26· cited 63×
• Commonwealth v. Lopez
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-05-04· cited 62×
• Commonwealth v. Shea
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1948-11-12· cited 50×
• United States v. Pasquale Cioffi and Eugene Robert Ciuzio
  Second Circuit· 1973-10-01· cited 48×
• Commonwealth v. Gallarelli
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-05-11· cited 42×
• Cora Cornelius v. William Hogan
  First Circuit· 1981-11-02· cited 12×
• Benson v. Superior Court
  D. Massachusetts· 1981-02-26· cited 4×