Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/28/2012
Commonwealth v. Brown
Citations
- 462 Mass. 620
- 970 N.E.2d 306
- 2012 WL 2401764
- 2012 Mass. LEXIS 585
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- risk of any unfair prejudice from admission of alleged prejudicial information mitigated by absence of any reference to such information in prosecutor's closing argument
- although defendant’s speech was “sluggish” from influence of drugs, his statements were voluntary where “there [was] nothing to suggest that he was acting irrationally or was out of control, or that his denials were induced by psychological coercion”
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Judges: Gants
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16 cases in this archive cite this case.
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- Commonwealth v. CarrMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-04-16· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. CarterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-09-19· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. MeloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-07-23· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. BellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-11-09· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. FoxworthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-11-12· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. RobertsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-08-31· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. GriffinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-11-04· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-03-15· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. TarjickMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2015-05-18· cited 3×
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- Commonwealth v. NunezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-08-27
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Cites
25 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. HelfantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-08-13· cited 274×
- Commonwealth v. StouteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-05-30· cited 178×
- Commonwealth v. MoffettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-03-24· cited 153×
- O'Sullivan v. ShawMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-04-13· cited 146×
- Commonwealth v. CiampaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-12-14· cited 124×
- Commonwealth v. McCowenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-12-10· cited 95×
- Commonwealth v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-06-10· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. SilanskasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-04-13· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. BondsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-01-19· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. SneedMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-12-18· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. ParkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-05-08· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. ParkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-05-09· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. ShippsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-05-12· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. HaleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-05-03· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. BoatengMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-01-21· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. JacksonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-12-10· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. PetersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-05-15· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. ParkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-04-07· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. CrokenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-08-14· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. LeBlancMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-03-20· cited 34×
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