Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1/18/2019
Commonwealth v. Copeland
Citations
- 114 N.E.3d 569
- 481 Mass. 255
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- prosecutor's closing argument creates substantial likelihood of miscarriage of justice only where error is likely to have influenced jury's conclusion
- Commonwealth's error in closing argument did not prejudice defendant where judge instructed jury that closing arguments are not evidence
- required finding motion requires consideration of \the state of the evidence at the close of the Commonwealth's case\ [citation omitted]
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Judges: Gants, Lowy, Budd, Cypher
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7 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. MackMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-05-16· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. BarnettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-07-11· cited 6×
- COMMONWEALTH v. ANTHONY J. TESTA.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2023-01-13· cited 5×
- COMMONWEALTH v. DOMINIC SHINER.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2022-06-15· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. McGannMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2020-03-17
- Commonwealth v. HendersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2020-11-30
- Commonwealth v. Manolo M., a juvenileMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2023-12-15
Cites
36 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-07· cited 1,893×
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-01-15· cited 357×
- Commonwealth v. KozecMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-03-24· cited 348×
- Commonwealth v. MoranMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-11-18· cited 149×
- Commonwealth v. ShelineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-02-24· cited 101×
- Commonwealth v. FordeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-07-11· cited 93×
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-08-20· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. BookerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-06-08· cited 82×
- Commonwealth v. MandileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-07-21· cited 69×
- Commonwealth v. NoxonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1946-05-10· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. ChristianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-01-14· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. MaynardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-04-25· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. MartinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-02-26· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. SemedoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-02-04· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. PauldingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-10-24· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. McGrathMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-12-08· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. TavaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-05-14· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. DonovanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-03-29· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. WhitakerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-08-19· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. JohnstonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-04-08· cited 32×
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