Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 7/20/2016
Commonwealth v. Francis
Citations
- 474 Mass. 816
- 54 N.E.3d 485
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- defendant entitled to conclusive presumption of misconduct if Dookhan “examined the substance in question as a primary or confirmatory chemist”
- jury could not determine, without scientific testing, that cocaine allegedly weighing 38.7 grams exceeded twenty-eight gram threshold
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Judges: Gants, Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Duffly, Lenk, Hines
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- COMMONWEALTH v. TIMOTHY M. LAVIN (and ten companion cases ).Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2022-06-23· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. NelsonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2016-11-02· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. SergioMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-04-09
- Commonwealth v. AlmonteMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-05-04
- Commonwealth v. GoldingMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-06-06
Cites
20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 23,069×
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court· 1959-06-15· cited 4,234×
- Melendez-Diaz v. MassachusettsSupreme Court· 2009-06-25· cited 2,882×
- Byron Halsey v. Frank PfeifferThird Circuit· 2014-04-24· cited 583×
- Commonwealth v. FlebotteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-03-21· cited 396×
- Commonwealth v. RandolphMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-12-19· cited 273×
- Brown v. MillerFifth Circuit· 2008-02-27· cited 138×
- Commonwealth v. ScottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-03-05· cited 135×
- Commonwealth v. VasquezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-03-26· cited 127×
- Ferrara v. United StatesFirst Circuit· 2006-08-10· cited 119×
- Commonwealth v. VinnieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-08-12· cited 118×
- Commonwealth v. MartinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-07-15· cited 117×
- Commonwealth v. ConnollyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-09-17· cited 92×
- Commonwealth v. SheaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-08-18· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. CharlesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-03-26· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. MontoyaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-03-14· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. Melendez-DiazMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-07-26· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. GastonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2014-10-31· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. DidasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-03-13· cited 5×
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