Massachusetts Appeals Court· 5/14/1991
Commonwealth v. Ferguson
Citations
- 571 N.E.2d 411
- 30 Mass. App. Ct. 580
- 1991 Mass. App. LEXIS 323
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- in fashioning sentence, “a judge has discretion to consider a variety of factors and has wide latitude within the boundaries of the applicable penal statutes”
- reversal for failure to give requested accident instruction
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Judges: Brown, Perretta, Greenberg
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12 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. FordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-04-11· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. GoodwinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-01-04· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. AzarMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-03-25· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. MooreMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-05-09· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. FigueroaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-12-05· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. ConleyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-08-20· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. RivasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-08-09· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. DonohueMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-08-22· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. DerouinMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-01-14· cited 9×
- Abrahams v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-04-28· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. McGuaneMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-08-13
- Commonwealth v. Ushon U., a juvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2026-04-24
Cites
29 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Morissette v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1952-01-07· cited 3,056×
- Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court· 1949-06-06· cited 2,766×
- United States v. TuckerSupreme Court· 1972-01-11· cited 2,508×
- Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance v. AbernathyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-10-01· cited 179×
- Brown v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1921-05-16· cited 176×
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-04-27· cited 145×
- Commonwealth v. McCanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1931-11-30· cited 116×
- Commonwealth v. FranklinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-10-21· cited 100×
- Commonwealth v. ColemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-01-23· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-01-06· cited 79×
- Commonwealth v. MartinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-02-02· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. NiziolekMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-05-02· cited 63×
- Lannon v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-02-08· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. MoreiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-03-29· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. FranksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-04-08· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. PalmarielloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-06-01· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. BurnoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-01-28· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. ZezimaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-12-20· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. CelesteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-12-07· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. WelchMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1983-06-29· cited 37×
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