Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 4/25/1994
Commonwealth v. Ferreira
Citations
- 632 N.E.2d 392
- 417 Mass. 592
- 1994 Mass. LEXIS 216
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- where defendant convicted of both murder in first degree and kidnapping and unarmed robbery, applying \substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice\ standard to nonmurder convictions
- “any intentional killing of a human being without legal justification or excuse, with no extenuating circumstances sufficient in law to reduce the crime from murder to manslaughter, is malicious within the meaning of malice aforethought”
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Judges: Wilkins, Abrams, O'Connor, Greaney
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25 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. MelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-05-17· cited 183×
- Commonwealth v. AmiraultMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-03-24· cited 178×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-02-20· cited 135×
- Commonwealth v. TorresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-06-12· cited 105×
- Commonwealth v. AndersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-09-22· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. VizcarrondoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-05-07· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. NichyporMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-12-20· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. MurphyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-01-07· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. MorganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-04-03· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. KenistonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-07-26· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. OliveiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-01-23· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. DiazMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-06-23· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. WilkersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-02-25· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. FicklingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-04-20· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. PucilloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-03-18· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. KnightMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-07-28· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. Nadal-GinardMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-01-02· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. ButtimerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-08-07· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. IacovielloMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2016-09-15· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. BarnesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-07-08· cited 7×
Cites
21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. SellonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-03-25· cited 167×
- Commonwealth v. SiresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-07-29· cited 139×
- Commonwealth v. DoucetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-03-14· cited 124×
- Commonwealth v. MooreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-07-18· cited 111×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-12-15· cited 96×
- Commonwealth v. MandileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-07-21· cited 69×
- Commonwealth v. BradyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-03-05· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. AliceaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-10-03· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. HooksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-05-23· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. GlassMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-03-09· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. MedinaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-05-05· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. StarlingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-02-02· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. ParkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-05-09· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. ParhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-01-23· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. BenoitMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-07-01· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. Pares-RamirezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-08-11· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. PrattMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-01-03· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. GalfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-08-13· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. SheppardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-05-01· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. MartinezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-01-07· cited 30×
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