Massachusetts Appeals Court· 3/13/1991
Commonwealth v. Coleman
Citations
- 567 N.E.2d 956
- 30 Mass. App. Ct. 229
- 1991 Mass. App. LEXIS 158
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding no reversible error in defense counsel’s statement that “burden of proof is on the government, on the Commonwealth, of which you are a part, and the burden is on you ... to hear all this evidence”
- “We do not have here a defendant convicted of a crime based on joint enterprise and all other defendants acquitted of similar charges in the same trial”
- \The prosecutor's opening reference to a jigsaw puzzle was harmless\
- swollen eye, swollen face, and facial bruises
- swollen eye and face, facial bruises
- swollen eye and face, facial bruises
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Judges: Kass, Kaplan, Jacobs
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18 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. DegroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-08-17· cited 107×
- Commonwealth v. ScanlonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-05-15· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. MarreroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-04-07· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. ClementsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-05-10· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-12-07· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. TingleyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-06-23· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. WojcikMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-10-08· cited 11×
- Butler v. O'BRIENFirst Circuit· 2011-12-09· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. MartinsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1995-06-19· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. KerrMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-05-19· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. CheryMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-02-17· cited 3×
- COMMONWEALTH v. J.G.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2022-02-22· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. MedeirosMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-01-26· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. FreitasMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-08-28· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. AndersonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-11-06· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. GilbertMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-10-03
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2023-09-15
- Commonwealth v. Adonis CarvajalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2025-08-28
Cites
23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-07· cited 1,893×
- Yates v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1957-06-17· cited 1,277×
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-07-30· cited 1,208×
- Commonwealth v. MatchettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-06-14· cited 157×
- Commonwealth v. SherryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-07-01· cited 139×
- Commonwealth v. SandlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-10-09· cited 128×
- Commonwealth v. BaileyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-06-07· cited 112×
- Commonwealth v. SanchezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-07-11· cited 101×
- Commonwealth v. CooperMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1928-09-12· cited 99×
- United States v. George BucuvalasFirst Circuit· 1990-07-25· cited 81×
- Commonwealth v. CervenyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-08-26· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. BeneschMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1935-03-06· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. TherrienMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-05-06· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. MercadoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-06-26· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. FidlerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-02-17· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. LagacyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-03-06· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. CookMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-11-04· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. NighelliMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-05-28· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. EldridgeMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1990-02-14· cited 18×
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