Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2/28/1989
Commonwealth v. Brown
Citations
- 534 N.E.2d 806
- 27 Mass. App. Ct. 72
- 1989 Mass. App. LEXIS 106
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “[a]part from considerations of proximity in time and location, the instant and the similar crime must share singular features or present striking resemblances of method”
- “there must be reasonable assurance that the defendant at bar did not commit the ‘similar’ offense, that it was in fact committed by someone else”
- “Apart from considerations of proximity in time and location, the instant and the similar crime must share singular features or present striking resemblances of method”
- “there must be reasonable assurance that the defendant at bar did not commit the ‘similar’ offense, that it was in fact committed by someone else”
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Judges: Perretta, Kaplan, Smith
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5 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. ScottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-12-17· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. BrusgulisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-01-18· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. PeritoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-05-05· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. PimentalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-08-03· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. DewMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-03-10· cited 4×
Cites
8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. KeizerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-02-07· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. MurphyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1933-04-17· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-07-03· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. JewettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-07-23· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. VaughnMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-10-20· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. BettencourtMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-06-06· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. SimmonsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1981-01-12· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. RosarioMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-12-23· cited 1×
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