Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/14/1999
Commonwealth v. Carlino
Citations
- 429 Mass. 692
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- directing that autopsy photographs of internal organs [including heart and liver] be excluded from evidence on retrial, even though relevant to extreme atrocity or cruelty, where extent of internal injuries sufficiently shown by other evidence
- reversal of conviction of murder in the first degree warranted because isolated erroneous provocation instruction, in conjunction with several deficiencies in self-defense instructions, posed substantial likelihood of miscarriage of justice
- photograph showed victim’s internal organs and abdominal cavity
- reversal where last instruction on provocation incorrect
- erroneous instruction accompanied by no correct instruction
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Judges: Greaney
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28 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. ToonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-08-22· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. YoungMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-01-03· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. VardinskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-01-15· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. CarlinoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-05-08· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. WhitmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-02-09· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. LittleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-06-21· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. VintonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-08-01· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. McLaughlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-03-22· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. LapageMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-12-12· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. BrumMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-03-11· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. SantosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-09-15· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. FredetteMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-10-11· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. FicklingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-04-20· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. JewettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-08-12· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. FranchinoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2004-06-25· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. AriasMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-10-30· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. St. PeterMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-02-02· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. GrantMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-04-27· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. PimentalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-08-03· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. FernandesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-09-04· cited 9×
Cites
16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-07· cited 1,893×
- Commonwealth v. BastaracheMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-12-12· cited 116×
- Commonwealth v. JudgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-06-01· cited 108×
- Commonwealth v. TorresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-06-12· cited 105×
- Commonwealth v. AcevedoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-07-02· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. VizcarrondoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-05-07· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. RuddockMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-11-02· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. BoucherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-01-03· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. GallagherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-11-08· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. JenksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-02-03· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. MejiaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-05-22· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. DeSouzaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-01-15· cited 24×
- Ariel A. v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-05-08· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-04-07· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. DiazMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-01-29· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. BennettMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-10-09· cited 4×
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