Massachusetts Appeals Court· 3/13/2007
Commonwealth v. Bourgeois
Citations
- 68 Mass. App. Ct. 433
- 862 N.E.2d 464
- 2007 Mass. App. LEXIS 267
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “broad claims concerning the victim’s lack of credibility as a result of mental health problems are entirely speculative and lack the specificity and reasonableness required”
- fact of mental health treatment or mental health problems not enough, without more, to bear on credibility of victim
- mental health referral at time of allegation insufficient to require disclosure of privileged records
- “references to various psychiatric and other problems the victim appeared to be experiencing all occurred at or about the time she revealed the abuse and reasonably could be viewed as a consequence of the defendant’s abuse”
- “Generalizations and unsubstantiated statements concerning a particular victim’s credibility are not enough”
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Judges: Rapoza
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- Commonwealth v. RiveraMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-05-07· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. LabroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-01-13· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. OlivierMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2016-08-10· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. SalingerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-05-27· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2008-05-20· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2017-10-04
- Commonwealth v. PeaseMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-10-17
- YATIA Y v. DHARMAL SAFI & AnotherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2025-04-02
Cites
13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-07-30· cited 1,208×
- People v. GissendannerNew York Court of Appeals· 1979-12-17· cited 590×
- Commonwealth v. BishopMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-08-16· cited 129×
- Commonwealth v. DwyerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-12-29· cited 126×
- Commonwealth v. FullerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-07-17· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. LampronMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-03-19· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. OliveiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-05-19· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. OliveiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-12-26· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. VintonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-08-01· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. VieuxMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-10-30· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. MitchellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-07-29· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. PoitrasMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-09-05· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. WestbrookMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-08-01· cited 2×
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