Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/30/2001
Commonwealth v. Cyr
Citations
- 433 Mass. 617
- 744 N.E.2d 1082
- 2001 Mass. LEXIS 182
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- no instruction required as to whether murder was committed by stabbing or by fire
- judge properly declined to give specific unanimity instruction with respect to whether defendant murdered victim by stabbing her or by setting her on fire, despite defendant’s claim that his mental state was different at time of each event
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Judges: Marshall
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15 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. PeloquinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-06-21· cited 97×
- Commonwealth v. SantosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-10-31· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. MendesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-04-16· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. SleeperMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-01-10· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. BianchiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-11-09· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. GoddardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2017-02-09· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. SantiagoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-10-02· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. FernandesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-05-03· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. LonardoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-07-01· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. PalermoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-07-11· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. RiveraMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-08-20· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. PurrierMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-04-08· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. PeloquinMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-09-06· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. SouzaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2023-08-14
- Commonwealth v. Dasahn CrowderMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2025-03-25
Cites
27 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Schad v. ArizonaSupreme Court· 1991-09-13· cited 1,454×
- Commonwealth v. KozecMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-03-24· cited 348×
- Commonwealth v. SantiagoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-07-21· cited 142×
- Commonwealth v. a JuvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-06-12· cited 123×
- Commonwealth v. VinnieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-08-12· cited 118×
- Commonwealth v. GunterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-04-14· cited 116×
- Commonwealth v. JudgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-06-01· cited 108×
- Commonwealth v. ToroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-07-10· cited 95×
- Commonwealth v. KeevanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-08-10· cited 89×
- Commonwealth v. BerryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-04-14· cited 87×
- Santiago v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-07-21· cited 83×
- Commonwealth v. ConefreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-06-12· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. RembiszewskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-02-10· cited 78×
- Commonwealth v. ZukoskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-04-02· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. PopeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-02-08· cited 76×
- Santiago v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-04-14· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. DevlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1957-03-20· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. RembiszewskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-03-15· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. RuddockMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-11-02· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. DaggettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-11-08· cited 57×
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