Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1/8/1993
Commonwealth v. Brown
Citations
- 605 N.E.2d 837
- 414 Mass. 123
- 1993 Mass. LEXIS 6
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- inferences drawn from circumstantial evidence need not be necessary inferences, but only “reasonable and possible”
- evidence that man seen walking away from crime scene did not look down from ridge at barking dogs, possibly to avoid identification, did not constitute evidence of flight “in any common sense of the term”
- in identification cáse, judge could have properly charged jury on consciousness of guilt demonstrated by unusual behavior of person leaving the crime scene, with proviso that such behavior could be considered only if jury found that evidence of it existed in the case
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Judges: Wilkins, Nolan, Lynch, Greaney
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17 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. VickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-07-30· cited 117×
- Commonwealth v. WoodsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-01-02· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. MarquettyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-11-18· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. VizcarrondoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-05-07· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. KilburnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-10-27· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. SerinoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-03-28· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. TagueMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-07-10· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. DostieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-07-10· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. LashwayMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-06-20· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. PinaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-10-20· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. LeachMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-02-27· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. ReskeMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-09-18· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. MaiaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-05-14· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. MatosMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-06-03· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. HorsmanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-07-09· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. DeCosteMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-05-29· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. MoffatMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2020-11-12
Cites
4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-07· cited 1,893×
- Commonwealth v. ToneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-03-18· cited 186×
- Commonwealth v. SchnoppsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-01-09· cited 52×
- Brown v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-03-20· cited 17×
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