Massachusetts Appeals Court· 5/15/1997
Commonwealth v. Evans
Citations
- 42 Mass. App. Ct. 618
- 679 N.E.2d 229
- 1997 Mass. App. LEXIS 99
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- adequacy of a jury instruction is determined within the context of the entire jury charge
- where the lack of extensive identification instructions did not create a substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice, trial counsel’s failure to request such instructions did not amount to ineffective assistance
- sufficiency of jury instruction is determined within context of entire jury charge
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Judges: Warner
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10 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-06-21· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. WellardMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-01-28· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. RiveraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-06-02· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. BroomheadMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-10-13· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. Springfield Terminal Railway Co.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-08-09· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. RodriquezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-06-08· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. RosadoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-08-19· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. Serrano-OrtizMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-01-17· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. RichardsonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-07-30· cited 1×
- Weiss v. Loomis, Sayles & Company, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2024-03-28
Cites
27 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-06-01· cited 628×
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-06-21· cited 195×
- Commonwealth v. RodriquezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-08-06· cited 183×
- Commonwealth v. CurtisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-05-02· cited 160×
- Commonwealth v. CarrionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-04-17· cited 117×
- Commonwealth v. ConceicaoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-02-28· cited 102×
- Commonwealth v. FranklinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-10-21· cited 100×
- Commonwealth v. PressleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-12-15· cited 75×
- Commonwealth v. FigueroaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-07-21· cited 68×
- Commonwealth v. SCHATVENMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-11-12· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. ScanlonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-05-15· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. PleasantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-08-01· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. MooreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-05-12· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. CarterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-08-13· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. VasquezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1989-08-09· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. BrunelleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-01-13· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. GravesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1993-07-30· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. CaldwellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-11-10· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. JenkinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-01-10· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. McMasterMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-03-26· cited 17×
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