Commonwealth v. Boria

How courts have described this case

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

• denying defendant's request \to apply Melendez-Diaz retroactively to the collateral challenge to her conviction\
• appellate counsel’s failure to pursue trial counsel’s objection to admissibility of certificate of drug analysis did not constitute ineffective assistance where claim would have been futile

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Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Denehy
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-01-08· cited 45×
• Commonwealth v. Bonnett
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-09-24· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Alcide
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-07-13· cited 26×
• Commonwealth v. Tatum
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-07-22· cited 6×
• Commonwealth v. Garden
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-05-01· cited 1×
• Commonwealth v. Warrens Gelin
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2024-10-15
• Commonwealth v. Elana Gordon
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2025-09-17

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts
  Supreme Court· 2009-06-25· cited 2,882×
• Smith v. Murray
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-26· cited 1,683×
• Commonwealth v. Saferian
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-07-30· cited 1,208×
• Commonwealth v. Vasquez
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-03-26· cited 127×
• Commonwealth v. Martin
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-07-15· cited 117×
• Commonwealth v. Verde
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-05-19· cited 110×
• Commonwealth v. Watson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-10-29· cited 53×
• Commonwealth v. Sowell
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1993-03-22· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Stote
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-03-05· cited 12×