Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1/2/1969
Commonwealth v. Francis
Citations
- 243 N.E.2d 169
- 355 Mass. 108
- 1969 Mass. LEXIS 747
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “it is for the jury to determine on all the evidence whether what was done was itself evidence of insanity at the time of the act”
- \it is for the jury to determine on all the evidence whether what was done was itself evidence of insanity at the time of the act\
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Judges: Wilkins, Whittemore, Cutter, Kirk, Spiegel, Reardon
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30 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-06-24· cited 198×
- Commonwealth v. MontecalvoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-02-21· cited 108×
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-04-03· cited 82×
- Commonwealth v. CostaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-11-01· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. FestaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-01-05· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. CaritaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1969-06-04· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. McGrathMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-12-08· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. LalibertyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-08-26· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. AmaralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-05-16· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. FrancisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-11-28· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. MattsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-03-29· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. LannonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-01-08· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. MangumMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-02-27· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. LaPlanteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-11-16· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. FrancisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-01-09· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. LundeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-08-26· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. FlemingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-11-08· cited 25×
- State v. EllingwoodSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1979-12-26· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. KeitaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-06-29· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. MillsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-08-12· cited 18×
Cites
10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 4,818×
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 3,107×
- Commonwealth v. McHoulMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-05-16· cited 220×
- Commonwealth v. O'BrienMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1940-03-12· cited 103×
- Commonwealth v. ClarkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1935-11-13· cited 75×
- Commonwealth v. NassarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1968-05-06· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. CoxMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1951-07-03· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. SheaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1949-11-07· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. SullivanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1968-07-02· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. DeSalvoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1968-01-04· cited 9×
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