Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 8/8/1985
Commonwealth v. Brown
Citations
- 481 N.E.2d 469
- 395 Mass. 604
- 1985 Mass. LEXIS 1696
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- \Requiring courts to abide by their own rules is supported by the fundamental principle of justice that the law must treat persons similarly situated uniformly\
- judge’s failure to follow procedures set forth in rule 6 constituted reversible error without showing of prejudice to defendant
- reversible error to require criminal defendant to exercise peremptory challenges before full number of jurors obtained
- error to require defendant to exercise peremptory challenges before full jury panel obtained
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Judges: Hennessey, Liacos, Abrams, Nolan, Lynch
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16 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. FreibergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-07-06· cited 121×
- Demoulas v. DemoulasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-12-22· cited 95×
- Commonwealth v. OwensMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-03-12· cited 84×
- Commonwealth v. TrappMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-11-13· cited 62×
- State Board of Retirement v. BulgerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-03-06· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. GagliardiMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1990-09-19· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-04-12· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. BarryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-06-12· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. DayeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-12-12· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-07-26· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. HolmesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-01-24· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. PtomeyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1988-10-17· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. RomeroMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-11-12· cited 3×
- South Boston Elderly Residences, Inc. v. MoynahanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2015-12-15· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. BartieMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-02-09· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. YasinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-10-16
Cites
7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. SoaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-03-08· cited 576×
- Albermont Petroleum, Ltd. v. CunninghamCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1960-11-03· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. CooperMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1969-05-29· cited 32×
- Kaufman v. BuckleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1933-12-29· cited 23×
- USTrust Co. v. KennedyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1983-11-23· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. BarrowsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-05-10· cited 14×
- Empire Apartments, Inc. v. GrayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-12-01· cited 13×
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