Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1/5/1976
Commonwealth v. Festa
Citations
- 341 N.E.2d 276
- 369 Mass. 419
- 1976 Mass. LEXIS 844
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- even if judge was overzealous, judge’s behavior, considered in context of entire trial and charge to jury, did not deprive the defendant of fair trial
- imperfections in translation may arise with use of interpreter under even best of circumstances
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Judges: Braucher, Quirico, Reardon, Tauro, Wilkins
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54 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. McInerneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-07-28· cited 104×
- Commonwealth v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-06-10· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. SeitMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-07-19· cited 76×
- Commonwealth v. SneedMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-12-18· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. NicholsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1976-10-28· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. ScottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-12-17· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. LucienMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-01-12· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. CobbMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-01-09· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. WalterMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-07-11· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-09-02· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-05-23· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. ReddickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-04-29· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. CarterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-09-19· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. FestaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-03-22· cited 23×
- Adoption of SethMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1990-10-09· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. MarangielloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-06-20· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. GagnonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1983-05-27· cited 17×
- Adoption of NorbertMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-04-25· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. CharlesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1976-11-24· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. YoungMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1993-10-27· cited 14×
Cites
29 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Webb v. TexasSupreme Court· 1972-12-04· cited 788×
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-06-01· cited 628×
- Commonwealth v. UnderwoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-12-30· cited 133×
- Commonwealth v. KendrickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1966-06-24· cited 112×
- Commonwealth v. HoseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-09-09· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. MacDonald (No. 1)Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-07-22· cited 79×
- Commonwealth v. McCauleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1969-04-07· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-11-02· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. FerraraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-06-20· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. FioreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-03-25· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. LeventhalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-03-05· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. HicksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1969-12-02· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. FrancisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1969-01-02· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. BoudreauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-07-25· cited 33×
- United States v. Lawrence HillSeventh Circuit· 1964-05-19· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. StanleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-02-14· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. HanscombMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-05-12· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. FlemingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-11-08· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. BedrosianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1924-02-25· cited 24×
- Amado v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1965-12-07· cited 19×
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