Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 8/5/1974
Commonwealth v. Devlin
Citations
- 314 N.E.2d 897
- 366 Mass. 132
- 1974 Mass. LEXIS 701
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- SJC stated that while defendant’s actions of wiping perpetrator’s fingerprints off knife may have constituted what in some jurisdictions is crime of “obstruction of justice,” it need not consider whether such a common-law crime exists in Massachusetts, because defendant was not so charged
- Commonwealth must show defendant’s knowledge of felony
- conviction as an accessory after the fact does not require that the accessory’s knowledge is such that “he is able to put a name or label on the felony — only that he is aware of the substantial facts which make up the elements of the felony”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Tauro, Reardon, Hennessey, Kaplan, Wilkins
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30 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. BurkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-11-22· cited 109×
- Commonwealth v. DonovanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-05-28· cited 98×
- Commonwealth v. BoransMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-09-04· cited 74×
- State v. LynchSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1979-03-19· cited 73×
- Aldoupolis v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-05-13· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. GagnonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-11-04· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. ConstantinoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-02-25· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. MarroneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-12-07· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. HowardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-06-25· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. RaposoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-07-21· cited 32×
- Bowen v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-06-08· cited 22×
- United States v. SandovalFirst Circuit· 2021-07-07· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. LupoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-04-24· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-02-14· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. HaleyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-10-15· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. Lotten Books, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1981-11-20· cited 11×
- Opinions of the Justices to the GovernorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-05-16· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-04-17· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. TriplettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-10-23· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. PerezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-06-21· cited 6×
Cites
12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. CroftMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-11-28· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. SheaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1949-11-07· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. EaganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-06-08· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. HughesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-12-19· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. AlbertMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1942-02-24· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. PacciaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1958-10-29· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. WoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1939-02-01· cited 29×
- United States v. ShapiroSecond Circuit· 1940-07-27· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. TilleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1951-06-29· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. SpezzaroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1925-01-08· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. SokorelisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1926-01-12· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. VallecaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-11-03· cited 16×
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