Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 5/6/2014
Commonwealth v. Donald
Citations
- 468 Mass. 37
- 8 N.E.3d 727
- 2014 WL 1759106
- 2014 Mass. LEXIS 218
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- analysis using thirteen loci reduced probability of random match to one in several trillion or quadrillion
- “a moving party is required only to point to the existence of specific information that satisfies the statutory requirements”
- \the Legislature clearly intended to allow access to more sophisticated forensic and scientific tests than were available at the time of a moving party's trial\
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Judges: Duffly
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7 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. ClarkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-07-09· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. WadeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-07-29· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. BarryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-02-12· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-08-21· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. VinesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2019-01-11· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. DonaldMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-10-04
- Commonwealth v. PowellMassachusetts Superior Court· 2016-11-10
Cites
13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Hartford-Empire Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1945-01-08· cited 231×
- Commonwealth v. MoffettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-03-24· cited 153×
- Commonwealth v. Va Meng JoeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-06-03· cited 118×
- Commonwealth v. GaynorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-01-11· cited 84×
- Commonwealth v. RosierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-08-25· cited 58×
- James Harvey v. Robert F. Horan, Jr., Commonwealth's Attorney, County of Fairfax, Jennifer Thompson Karen R. Pomer Jeri Elster, Amici CuriaeFourth Circuit· 2002-03-28· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. Vao SokMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-08-25· cited 46×
- Hartford-Empire Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1945-04-02· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. JoynerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-02-14· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. MathewsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-03-21· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. DixonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-12-09· cited 27×
- Donald v. SpencerFirst Circuit· 2011-08-26· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. WadeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-03-14· cited 23×
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