Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/13/2000
Commonwealth v. Carrion
Citations
- 431 Mass. 44
- 725 N.E.2d 196
- 2000 Mass. LEXIS 110
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- rejecting a defendant’s vagueness and ambiguity arguments where the phrase, “any escape from custody of the department,” was “within common understanding”
- rule of lenity requires that ambiguous language in penal statute be construed in favor of defendant
- “The rule of lenity does not require, however, that absent an ambiguity we construe a penal statute most favorably to a defendant”
- rule of lenity requires that defendant receive benefit of ambiguous statutory language
- rule of lenity requires that defendant receive benefit of ambiguous statutory language
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Judges: Spina
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24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. HamiltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-04-15· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. ConstantinoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-02-25· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. DislerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-04-18· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. Russ R.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-03-20· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. RahimMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-03-22· cited 35×
- In re a Grand Jury SubpoenaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-06-22· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. Samuel S., a juvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2017-02-17· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. MattierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-05-13· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. FedericoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-11-16· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. LeBlancMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-02-18· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. CoppingerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2014-09-04· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. DidasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-03-13· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. CahillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-06-24· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. SemegenMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2008-08-29· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. PorroMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-07-23· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. DoeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-10-22· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. CarterMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2004-05-21· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. KelleyMassachusetts Superior Court· 2001-03-27· cited 1×
- COMMONWEALTH v. URIAH U., a juvenile (and a companion case ).Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2021-09-27· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. GousieMassachusetts Superior Court· 2001-09-15
Cites
9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Kolender v. LawsonSupreme Court· 1983-05-02· cited 3,306×
- United States v. BaileySupreme Court· 1980-01-21· cited 1,333×
- Commonwealth v. ChavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-07-08· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. RoucouletMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-11-06· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. TwitchellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-08-11· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. HughesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-12-19· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. GeorgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-10-20· cited 24×
- LynchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-02-06· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. AntonelliMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1963-03-01· cited 6×
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