Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 7/27/1992
Commonwealth v. Childs
Citations
- 596 N.E.2d 351
- 413 Mass. 252
- 1992 Mass. LEXIS 404
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- impeachment of defendant’s credibility by prior convictions always subject to misconstruction by jury, who may regard impeachment as substantial evidence of guilt
- “Cross-examination, to pass muster under the confrontation clause, does not have to be a perfect cross-examination”
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Judges: Liacos, Abrams, Lynch, O'Connor, Grbaney
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21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. LaoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-12-10· cited 96×
- Commonwealth v. DeOliveiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-06-19· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. WilcoxMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-02-09· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. ZeiningerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-05-24· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-05-16· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. CharlesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-01-15· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. SenaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-05-28· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. HurleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-09-29· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. RoberioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-10-21· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. BeauchampMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-07-10· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. DaleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-06-16· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. BabbittMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-02-03· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. LoperaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-01-30· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. NapolitanoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-04-30· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. HuntMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1995-03-24· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. RossMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-01-30· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. ChildsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-12-15· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-06-19· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. FlorekMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-01-06· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. PerezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-12-07· cited 1×
Cites
11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court· 1980-06-25· cited 5,425×
- California v. GreenSupreme Court· 1970-06-23· cited 3,363×
- Dutton v. EvansSupreme Court· 1970-12-15· cited 1,926×
- Barber v. PageSupreme Court· 1968-04-29· cited 1,846×
- Delaware v. FenstererSupreme Court· 1985-11-04· cited 1,786×
- Poirier v. Town of PlymouthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-01-10· cited 237×
- Commonwealth v. BohannonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-04-09· cited 85×
- Commonwealth v. SiegfriedtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-05-17· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. TansoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-01-14· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. ChildsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-10-17· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. ChildsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-07-17· cited 7×
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