Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 5/17/1990
Commonwealth v. Downey
Citations
- 553 N.E.2d 1303
- 407 Mass. 472
- 1990 Mass. LEXIS 206
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- declining to consider whether compelled production of saliva and hair samples is deserving of less stringent analysis than compelled blood sample because it does not involve “intrusion below the skin”
- court refused to suppress blood test results where grand jury order issued prior to indictment, arrest or determination of probable cause
- judge supervising grand jury ordered defendant to provide blood sample even though he had not been arrested, indicted and no finding of probable cause had been made
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Judges: Wilkins, Abrams, Nolan, Lynch
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11 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. OtsukiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-11-18· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. BlaisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-11-03· cited 56×
- In re Grand Jury InvestigationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-04-10· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. MaxwellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-05-25· cited 11×
- In re Grand Jury InvestigationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-10-03· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. BertiniMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-08-06· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. MillerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-05-23· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-06-26· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. YouMassachusetts Superior Court· 1994-12-27
- Commonwealth v. St. HilaireMassachusetts Superior Court· 1995-07-25
- Landry v. HarshbargerMassachusetts Superior Court· 1998-08-12
Cites
10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1968-03-18· cited 6,700×
- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1966-06-20· cited 6,067×
- United States v. DionisioSupreme Court· 1973-01-22· cited 1,412×
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-06-01· cited 628×
- In re of an Investigation into the Death of Jon L.New York Court of Appeals· 1982-06-17· cited 225×
- Commonwealth v. MayfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-11-25· cited 123×
- Commonwealth v. VeniosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-05-04· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. TrigonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-05-22· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. MobleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-03-12· cited 50×
- In Re Grand Jury Proceedings Cecil Mills. Appeal of United States of America. In Re Grand Jury Proceedings Cecil Mills. Appeal of Cecil MillsThird Circuit· 1982-11-15· cited 35×
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