Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 8/29/2007
Commonwealth v. Brown
Citations
- 449 Mass. 747
- 872 N.E.2d 711
- 2007 Mass. LEXIS 596
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- where defendant raised claim of mental illness, finding of voluntariness supported by testimony that he did not appear to have difficulty understanding and responding to questions
- where defendant raised claim of mental illness, finding of voluntariness supported by testimony that he did not appear to have difficulty understanding and responding to questions
- trial judge's finding that statement was voluntary was supported by testimony that defendant did not have trouble understanding questions his friends posed to him, and friends did not have trouble understanding his answers
- systematic exclusion of student venirepersons violated G. L. c. 234A, § 3
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30 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. McCowenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-12-10· cited 95×
- Commonwealth v. SepheusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-05-19· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. RobidouxMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-12-04· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. WhitmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-03-06· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. JohnstonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-04-08· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. RoyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-04-11· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. BerryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-01-09· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. LawsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-10-28· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. MillerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-06-10· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. RutkowskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-05-24· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. OppenheimMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2014-09-24· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. ChatmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-03-16· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. GomesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-10-26· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. AguiarMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-11-01· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. LennonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-10-15· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. SciontiMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2012-02-15· cited 9×
- Brown v. O'BrienFirst Circuit· 2012-01-24· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. WaweruMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-07-31· cited 4×
- Johnston v. MitchellD. Massachusetts· 2016-10-03· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. DustinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-11-23
Cites
57 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 6,121×
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1960-04-18· cited 3,197×
- Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court· 1975-02-19· cited 2,695×
- Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court· 1975-01-21· cited 2,446×
- Duren v. MissouriSupreme Court· 1979-01-09· cited 2,373×
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-07· cited 1,893×
- Medina v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1992-06-22· cited 1,180×
- Sims v. GeorgiaSupreme Court· 1967-01-23· cited 561×
- Commonwealth v. TavaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-01-29· cited 315×
- Simon v. SolomonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-01-18· cited 264×
- Commonwealth v. McHoulMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-05-16· cited 220×
- Commonwealth v. MahdiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-04-08· cited 192×
- Commonwealth v. KelleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-04-15· cited 184×
- Commonwealth v. MutinaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-02-11· cited 128×
- Commonwealth v. BastaracheMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-12-12· cited 116×
- Wiedmann v. Bradford Group, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-07-21· cited 95×
- Rogers v. Commissioner of the Department of Mental HealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-11-29· cited 84×
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-04-03· cited 82×
- Commonwealth v. PlattMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-11-18· cited 82×
- Commonwealth v. BerryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-05-03· cited 78×
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