Commonwealth v. Coleman

How courts have described this case

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

• “placement of the fatal wound, fired at close range into the victim’s chest would also support a finding of deliberate premeditation”
• sufficient evidence of premeditation where after fistfight, defendant walked to nearby automobile, retrieved gun from trunk, turned and shot victim
• where defendant only challenged finding of deliberate premeditation, Supreme Judicial Court only considered sufficiency of evidence relevant to that element
• “no particular period of reflection is required [for deliberate premeditation], and... a plan to murder may be formed in seconds”
• prosecutor’s duty is to present evidence and explain meaning of law concerning indictment sought
• limiting appellate review to specific finding challenged on appeal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Lao
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-03-31· cited 133×
• Commonwealth v. Tavares
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-05-14· cited 42×
• Commonwealth v. Gambora
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-09-02· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. Walczak
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-12-12· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Bolling
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-06-12· cited 27×
• Commonwealth v. Mercado
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-03-03· cited 26×
• Commonwealth v. Stewart
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-11-10· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Roman
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-11-04· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Walker
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-02-12· cited 10×
• Commonwealth v. McGee
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-07-01· cited 3×
• Commonwealth v. Ormonde
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-06-14· cited 2×
• Commonwealth v. Ng
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2023-02-08
• Commonwealth v. Shakespeare
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2023-11-30
• Commonwealth v. Honsch
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2024-01-30

Cites

22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• United States v. Hasting
  Supreme Court· 1983-05-23· cited 1,999×
• Commonwealth v. Latimore
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-07· cited 1,893×
• United States v. Mechanik
  Supreme Court· 1986-02-25· cited 987×
• United States v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1992-05-04· cited 730×
• Commonwealth v. Tucker
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1905-11-28· cited 234×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-02-20· cited 135×
• Commonwealth v. Sandler
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-10-09· cited 128×
• Commonwealth v. Woodward
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-06-16· cited 111×
• Commonwealth v. Judge
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-06-01· cited 108×
• Commonwealth v. Gaulden
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-05-06· cited 89×
• Commonwealth v. Davis
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-12-14· cited 75×
• Commonwealth v. Robertson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-12-04· cited 68×
• Commonwealth v. Doucette
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-09-25· cited 56×
• Commonwealth v. Keough
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-02-19· cited 55×
• Commonwealth v. Ruci
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-01-14· cited 54×
• Commonwealth v. Good
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-03-28· cited 44×
• Commonwealth v. Carter
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-08-13· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. Hill
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-11-12· cited 25×
• Commonwealth v. Watkins
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-12-09· cited 24×