Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/4/1998
Commonwealth v. Bush
Citations
- 427 Mass. 26
- 691 N.E.2d 218
- 1998 Mass. LEXIS 59
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- obvious slip of tongue in reasonable doubt instruction did not provide basis for reversal
- “Circumstantial evidence ‘is competent to establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt’ ”
- defendant’s voice heard from area of murder just before shots fired
- “[cjircumstantial evidence is competent to establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt”
- \circumstantial evidence is competent to establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt\
- defendant at scene of murder before shots fired
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Greaney
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24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. LodgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-05-12· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. ConkeyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-12-16· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. VelasquezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-10-27· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. ArroyoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-06-25· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. ThompsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-03-27· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. GuyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-02-25· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. WhitmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-03-06· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. MaselloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-12-09· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. WhiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-08-11· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. CelesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-02-10· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. StewartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-11-07· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-02-12· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. TaranovskyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-06-18· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. RaedyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-03-13· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. ManzelliMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-04-18· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. LaroMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-04-02· cited 5×
- COMMONWEALTH v. JAMES LEHAN.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2021-09-17· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. BrennanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-04-13· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. KhanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-11-28
- Commonwealth v. MoffatMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2020-11-12
Cites
12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-07· cited 1,893×
- Commonwealth v. BeckettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-09-14· cited 151×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-02-20· cited 135×
- Commonwealth v. BonomiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1957-01-31· cited 121×
- Commonwealth v. AndrewsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-11-29· cited 95×
- Commonwealth v. ViriyahiranpaiboonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-03-16· cited 92×
- Commonwealth v. NadwornyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-12-11· cited 79×
- Commonwealth v. AndersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-12-09· cited 72×
- Commonwealth v. DoucetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-09-25· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. FioreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-03-25· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. KosilekMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-08-08· cited 30×
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