Commonwealth v. Cavanaugh

How courts have described this case

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

• absence of express statement by defendant that he “pleaded guilty” did not invalidate otherwise knowing and voluntary guilty plea
• procedural flaw in plea hearing does not invalidate plea, where “the circumstances compel the conclusion that the defendant did enter a plea of guilty and that the plea was accepted by the judge”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Nolan
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-03-20· cited 38×
• Commonwealth v. Rodriguez
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-09-21· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Tavernier
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-03-01· cited 11×
• United States v. One Ford 198X Mustang, Vehicle Identification No. 1FAB42E5JF290177
  D. Massachusetts· 1990-10-23· cited 4×
• Commonwealth v. Dubowski
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-06-11· cited 1×
• State v. Holden
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2010-04-09

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Crocker
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-08-12· cited 77×
• Commonwealth v. Curry
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1978-10-02· cited 9×
• Neighbors v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1979-10-29· cited 2×