Commonwealth v. Connor

How courts have described this case

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

• “The proper administra- tian of justice embraces such matters as protection of the witnesses and the appearance of fairness” [emphasis added]
• judge should hold colloquy where conflict of interest arises from defense counsel’s past or present representation of prospective witnesses
• defendant has right to be represented by counsel of choice
• right to counsel of choice not absolute

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

29 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Rodriguez v. District Court for the City & County of Denver
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1986-05-19· cited 89×
• Commonwealth v. Tuitt
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-01-31· cited 71×
• Commonwealth v. Perry
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-03-25· cited 62×
• Commonwealth v. Goldman
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-07-29· cited 48×
• Commonwealth v. Martinez
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-07-11· cited 44×
• Commonwealth v. Francis
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-11-28· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. Dunne
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-02-07· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Pena
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-05-09· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Perkins
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-03-20· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-08-18· cited 32×
• Commonwealth v. Walter
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-01-16· cited 24×
• Browning v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1992-07-24· cited 17×
• State v. Ayers
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1983-08-31· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Wilkinson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-06-03· cited 14×
• Delisle v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-11-09· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Wooldridge
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-01-03· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Jordan
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-08-10· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Leo
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1981-01-30· cited 9×
• Rhode v. Beacon Sales Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-07-23· cited 9×
• Commonwealth v. Francil
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-12-14· cited 8×

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Faretta v. California
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 11,585×
• Powell v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1932-11-07· cited 4,979×
• Holloway v. Arkansas
  Supreme Court· 1978-04-03· cited 2,478×
• United States v. Garcia
  Fifth Circuit· 1975-08-07· cited 327×
• United States v. Harry Bernstein
  Second Circuit· 1976-03-04· cited 189×
• Commonwealth v. Cavanaugh
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-09-07· cited 87×
• United States v. Priscilla Dominguez Laura
  Third Circuit· 1979-10-15· cited 77×
• United States v. Anna Erna Lawriw
  Eighth Circuit· 1977-12-30· cited 69×
• Commonwealth v. Davis
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-12-11· cited 64×
• McStowe v. Bornstein
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-04-12· cited 55×
• Commonwealth v. Soffen
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-03-06· cited 47×
• Collins v. Godfrey
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1949-09-15· cited 42×
• United States v. Armedo-Sarmiento
  Second Circuit· 1975-10-10· cited 42×
• Commonwealth v. Cobb
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-01-09· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. Dabrieo
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-08-03· cited 38×
• Willie Abraham v. United States
  Second Circuit· 1977-01-21· cited 24×
• Nicholas Theodore v. The State of New Hampshire
  First Circuit· 1980-02-11· cited 13×
• United States v. Liddy
  District of Columbia· 1972-09-27· cited 7×