Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/26/2010
Commonwealth v. Charles
Citations
- 456 Mass. 378
- 923 N.E.2d 519
- 2010 Mass. LEXIS 119
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting that the defendant did not stipulate to the composition of the drugs
- packaging of drugs in manner consistent with distribution insufficient to prove that substances were, in fact, cocaine and marijuana
- although defendant did not contest nature of substances, defense theory cannot relieve Commonwealth of its burden of proving nature of substances
- erroneous admission in evidence of certificates of drug analysis without testimony of analyst was not harmless beyond reasonable doubt where, inter alia, defendant “did not. . . stipulate to the composition of the substances”
- rejecting the argument that defense counsel may “tacitly stipulate
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Marshall, Spina
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22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. MendesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-09-05· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. OrtizMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-09-27· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. RamseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-09-27· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. MendesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-12-28· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. PixleyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-09-09· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. FrancisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-07-20· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. SullivanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-06-04· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. RivasMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-07-06· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. MarteMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-08-15· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. HumphriesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-05-13· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. DeMatosMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-09-17· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. WalorzMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-03-25· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. EscaleraMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-04-14· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. RamseyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-06-28· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. EvelynMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-03-02· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-06-18· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. BookmanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-09-01· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. WestbrooksMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-05-05· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. KurkoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2019-08-01
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-04-06
Cites
12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Melendez-Diaz v. MassachusettsSupreme Court· 2009-06-25· cited 2,882×
- Francis v. FranklinSupreme Court· 1985-04-29· cited 2,053×
- Commonwealth v. TyreeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-01-08· cited 126×
- Commonwealth v. VerdeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-05-19· cited 110×
- Commonwealth v. DagracaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-10-17· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. DawsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-03-16· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. SheaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-08-18· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. FarleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-03-30· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. Oeun LamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-06-19· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. McGilveryMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-06-26· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. DohertyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-09-12· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. Melendez-DiazMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-02-03· cited 11×
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