Commonwealth v. Callahan

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• considering a rule 30[a] motion brought to challenge a final sentence imposed by the Appellate Division
• “This sixty-day time period established in the rule is absolute and may not be extended”
• Appellate Division not appellate court within meaning of Mass. R. Crim. P. 29 [a], 378 Mass. 899 [1979]
• the question whether the Appellate Division proceeding denied the defendant his right of due process was properly before the Supreme Judicial Court after the trial judge had denied a rule 30 motion
• sixty-day time limit in rule 29 is \absolute and may not be extended\
• Appellate Division has no authority over judgment of conviction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. DeJesus
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-09-12· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. Pagels
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-07-26· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Alves
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-02-05· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Montgomery
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-12-05· cited 7×
• Phillips v. Spencer
  D. Massachusetts· 2007-01-24· cited 6×
• Commonwealth v. Hill
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-07-18· cited 3×
• Commonwealth v. McNulty
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-06-10· cited 2×
• Commonwealth v. Coelho
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2019-10-18
• Martin v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2023-05-22

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Saferian
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-07-30· cited 1,208×
• Commonwealth v. Cronk
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-11-12· cited 103×
• Norman v. Young
  Tenth Circuit· 1970-03-05· cited 62×
• Commonwealth v. Layne
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-05-17· cited 49×
• Commonwealth v. Grimshaw
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-04-22· cited 40×
• Hicks v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-11-05· cited 27×
• Gavin v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-04-04· cited 22×
• Callahan v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-01-04· cited 9×