Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 11/9/1999
Commonwealth v. Gagnon
Citations
- 430 Mass. 348
- 718 N.E.2d 1254
- 1999 Mass. LEXIS 673
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- evidence that witness exercises his Fifth Amendment right “produce[s] no relevant evidence, while inviting the jury to engage in unwarranted and impermissible speculation”
- evidence that witness exercises his Fifth Amendment right “producéis] no relevant evidence, while inviting the jury to engage in unwarranted and impermissible speculation”
- evidence that witness exercises his Fifth Amendment right “pro-ducéis] no relevant evidence, while inviting the jury to engage in unwarranted and impermissible speculation”
- “where the identity of the killer is the only live issue at trial, any error in the malice instruction is not prejudicial because the defendant’s state of mind is not in dispute. The issue is the identity of the perpetrator”
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13 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-08-20· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. McGeeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-02-12· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. ValentinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-12-08· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. AmaralMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-01-26· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. HorneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-09-16· cited 19×
- Bridgeman v. District Attorney for the Suffolk DistrictMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-05-18· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. CottoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-08-02· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. CowansMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-10-12· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. ProulxMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2004-07-13· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. MitchellMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2019-06-05· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. ViustMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-09-30· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. EstepMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-01-31
- Commonwealth v. TrocheMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2023-11-16
Cites
10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. JudgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-06-01· cited 108×
- Commonwealth v. RosaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-02-09· cited 105×
- Commonwealth v. AmbersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-06-10· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. GagnonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-07-30· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. BurkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-02-11· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. AndersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-08-04· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. GibsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-02-11· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-04-13· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. RichardsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-08-18· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. BemburyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-01-25· cited 12×
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