Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 4/24/1992
Commonwealth v. Fitzgerald
Citations
- 590 N.E.2d 1151
- 412 Mass. 516
- 1992 Mass. LEXIS 234
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- State police chemist testified that nonmotile sperm can exist in vaginal canal up to five days
- inquiry whether complainant had had sexual relations with someone other than the alleged rapist on the night of the incident not improper under the statute because it suggested misidentification and not that the complainant was promiscuous as part of an attack on her credibility
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Judges: Nolan, Lynch, O'Connor, Greaney
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12 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. RiceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-03-24· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. PearceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-06-11· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. ParentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-06-10· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. HoustonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-01-21· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. MountryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-08-01· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. BaxterMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-02-08· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. TheveninMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-11-19· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. PearceMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-07-07· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. Seap SaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-06-30· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. CameronMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-08-17· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. Padraic P.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-02-13
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Cites
12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. JoyceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-01-06· cited 136×
- Commonwealth v. AndrewsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-11-29· cited 95×
- Commonwealth v. NassarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1966-06-07· cited 89×
- Commonwealth v. PerrotMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-06-04· cited 83×
- Commonwealth v. StockhammerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-05-01· cited 81×
- Commonwealth v. ChretienMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-03-09· cited 75×
- Commonwealth v. RobertsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-06-20· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. BritlandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1938-06-15· cited 22×
- New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Board of AssessorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-08-23· cited 13×
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Kansas· 1978-07-15· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. SimsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-01-24· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-06-08· cited 1×
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