Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 12/2/1969
Commonwealth v. Benton
Citations
- 252 N.E.2d 891
- 356 Mass. 447
- 1969 Mass. LEXIS 722
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- Commonwealth’s promise to enter nolle prosequi as part of guilty plea enforced in accord with “highest degree of ethics”
- assistant district attorney’s promise to enter a nolle prosequi enforced in accord with “highest degree of ethics”
- after prosecutor entered nolle prosequi as part of plea agreement, subsequent indictment for identical offenses improper
- prosecutor’s promise to nol pros certain charges enforced because sovereign must adhere to highest degree of ethics
- detrimental reliance where defendants pleaded guilty based on promise of prosecutor to enter nolle prosequi to certain charges, but prosecutor subsequently indicted defendants on charges that had been so disposed
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Judges: Wilkins, Spalding, Cutter, Kirk, Reardon
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45 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- United States v. Emanuel JohnsonFirst Circuit· 1973-12-20· cited 176×
- United States v. Raymond Luc Levasseur, A/K/A John, Jack, Jake and George, United States v. Raymond Luc Levasseur, Etc.First Circuit· 1988-05-09· cited 83×
- Carney v. City of SpringfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-12-19· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. FanelliMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-04-21· cited 63×
- Lataille v. District Court of Eastern HampdenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-12-16· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-11-02· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. MichelMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-09-04· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. TirrellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-02-11· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-02-04· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. CroweMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-01-22· cited 36×
- Dunbrack v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-10-16· cited 36×
- In Re Gary SnoonianFirst Circuit· 1974-08-14· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-10-29· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. SpannMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-03-12· cited 31×
- United States v. LevasseurD. Massachusetts· 1988-03-18· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. SantiagoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-02-07· cited 27×
- Blaikie v. District Attorney for the Suffolk DistrictMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-07-06· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. BurkeMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1978-11-27· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. CepulonisMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-02-28· cited 23×
- Alicea v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-08-09· cited 23×
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