Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 4/30/1971
Commonwealth v. DeCaro
Citations
- 269 N.E.2d 673
- 359 Mass. 388
- 1971 Mass. LEXIS 827
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- a defendant must use every reasonable avenue of escape available to him
- prosecutor’s comment proper where witness was indisputably available to defendant
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Judges: Tauro, Spalding, Cutter, Reardon, Quirico
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22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. PikeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-11-19· cited 135×
- Commonwealth v. BastaracheMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-12-12· cited 116×
- Commonwealth v. FranklinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-10-21· cited 100×
- Commonwealth v. CancelMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-04-17· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. NiziolekMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-05-02· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. MaguireMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-07-12· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-08-24· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. GagneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-04-28· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. ShafferMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-04-28· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. ToonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-08-22· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. EspadaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-02-20· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. EpsomMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-02-18· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. BaselerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-02-14· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. DunkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-07-02· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. NaylorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-05-10· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. CobbMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-03-13· cited 15×
- State v. GuillemetSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1981-06-18· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. TiradoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-02-24· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. BastaracheMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-09-16· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. ShafferMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1974-11-19· cited 4×
Cites
11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. DomanskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1954-12-21· cited 320×
- Commonwealth v. KendrickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1966-06-24· cited 112×
- Commonwealth v. HartfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1963-12-02· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1961-03-07· cited 62×
- Grady v. Collins Transportation Co. Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1960-12-06· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. HoustonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1955-06-09· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. HassanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1920-02-24· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. TrippiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1929-06-29· cited 30×
- Donahue v. Dal, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1943-07-17· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. BottiglioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-06-08· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. PetersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1926-11-23· cited 20×
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