Commonwealth v. Brennan

How courts have described this case

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

• \Wilful conduct is that which is 'intentional rather than accidental . . .'\ [citation omitted]

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Adams
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-06-27· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Preston P., a juvenile
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2020-01-07
• Commonwealth v. Morris
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2023-07-25
• Commonwealth v. Russo
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2023-09-14
• Commonwealth v. Snow
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2024-07-08
• Commonwealth v. Russo
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2024-07-15
• Commonwealth v. Rezac
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2024-07-22
• COMMONWEALTH v. MANOLO M., a Juvenile (And Two Companion Cases)
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2025-07-08
• Commonwealth v. Grimaldi
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2026-06-02

Cites

25 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Brinegar v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1949-10-10· cited 6,013×
• 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×
• Myers v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-07-17· cited 126×
• O'BRIEN v. Borowski
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-01-31· cited 102×
• Commonwealth v. Humberto H.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-11-26· cited 56×
• Commonwealth v. Welch
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-04-25· cited 49×
• Commonwealth v. Schuchardt
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-08-15· cited 48×
• Commonwealth v. Silva
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-12-21· cited 44×
• Commonwealth v. Long
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-08-17· cited 38×
• Commonwealth v. Walters
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-09-18· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. Dorelas
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-01-14· cited 31×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-12-23· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Long
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2017-02-24· cited 26×
• Commonwealth v. Ilya I., a juvenile
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-02-13· cited 25×
• Commonwealth v. Julien
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-10-17· cited 22×
• Commonwealth v. Bell
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-01-08· cited 19×
• Commonwealth v. Walters
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2017-12-04· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Luna
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-11-08· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Kulesa
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-12-07· cited 15×