Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 5/3/2002
Commonwealth v. Fernandes
Citations
- 436 Mass. 671
- 766 N.E.2d 1288
- 2002 Mass. LEXIS 282
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- prosecutor may use closing argument to respond to defense counsel's characterization of evidence
- \we are aware of no case in which we have ordered the entry of a judgment of not guilty by reason of the defendant's lack of criminal responsibility after a jury has rejected such a defense\
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Judges: Marshall
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7 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. RutherfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2017-03-16· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. LewisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-05-14· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. ZagrodnyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-12-20· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. BerryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-01-09· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. ScesnyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-07-14· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. RasmusenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-07-13· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. Brunette-SilveiraMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2026-05-12
Cites
12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. BorodineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-08-23· cited 155×
- Commonwealth v. MutinaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-02-11· cited 128×
- Commonwealth v. CiampaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-12-14· cited 124×
- Commonwealth v. AndrewsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-11-29· cited 95×
- Commonwealth v. CoxMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1951-07-03· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. McCravyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-02-14· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. RosenthalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-07-14· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. KeitaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-06-29· cited 21×
- Clark v. ClarkMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-09-16· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. CyrMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-03-30· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. AwadMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-06-16· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. StrotherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-06-20· cited 4×
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