Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/13/1995
Commonwealth v. Dias
Citations
- 419 Mass. 698
- 646 N.E.2d 1065
- 1995 Mass. LEXIS 62
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “better practice is to obtain ‘a clear sign of each juror’s assent to the announced verdict’ ”
- jury deemed to have orally affirmed verdict unanimously despite one juror’s inadequately disclosed disagreement with the verdict
- unanimous verdict despite claim that juror whispered “no” during reading of verdict, where “the judge, the clerk, and defense counsel, among others, neither saw nor heard dissent from any juror”
- judge cannot vacate verdict based on \a juror's change of heart nor a juror's subsequent disclosure of a subjective disagreement with [the juror's own] apparent vote\
- juror’s whispered “no,” even if heard by other jurors, not sufficient public disagreement
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Judges: Wilkins
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10 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. WilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-04-22· cited 156×
- Commonwealth v. FowlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-03-13· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. ReavesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-06-21· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. AliceaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-04-12· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. HardyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-05-09· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. LassiterMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-08-16· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. LawsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-07-22· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. ZekiriasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-12-14· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. DiBenedettoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2019-01-11· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. Scot Douglas DavisMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2025-04-04
Cites
10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. CostleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1875-06-21· cited 128×
- Commonwealth v. BalliroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1965-07-02· cited 117×
- A Juvenile v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-05-22· cited 37×
- Rich v. FinleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1949-12-06· cited 32×
- Government of the Virgin Islands v. Hercules, VonThird Circuit· 1989-05-31· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. DiasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-06-13· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. JenkinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-01-10· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. NettisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-10-06· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. BurrellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-08-03· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. MartellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-04-26· cited 14×
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