Massachusetts Appeals Court· 11/10/1983
Commonwealth v. Donovan
Citations
- 455 N.E.2d 1217
- 17 Mass. App. Ct. 83
- 1983 Mass. App. LEXIS 1508
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- error for judge to exclude questions to defendant on redirect examination to explain inconsistent testimony on cross-examination
- no offer of proof needed where substance of testimony was apparent from defense counsel’s questions
- no offer of proof needed where substance of testimony was apparent from defense counsel's questions
- substance of excluded testimony was apparent from the questions defense counsel attempted to ask
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Judges: Brown, Dreben, Kass
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7 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. AlphasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-07-07· cited 290×
- Commonwealth v. CintronMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-12-21· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. DickinsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-05-06· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. WrayMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2015-09-28· cited 2×
- Curreri v. IsiharaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-08-25· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. ReillyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-10-28· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. ThomasMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-06-15
Cites
16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-07· cited 1,893×
- Commonwealth v. BongarzoneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-10-13· cited 106×
- Commonwealth v. AlbanoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-07-25· cited 100×
- Commonwealth v. SheehanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-12-11· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1952-11-26· cited 50×
- Ratner v. Canadian Universal Ins. Co. Ltd.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-04-22· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. FataloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-11-05· cited 41×
- Lamoureux v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1897-10-21· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. AlmeidaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-09-02· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. HicksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-01-02· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. LorettaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-07-20· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. GrayMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1977-05-10· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. BurrellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-08-03· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. KalinowskiMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1981-12-24· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. CallahanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-12-03· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. BarrosMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1977-11-09· cited 5×
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