Commonwealth v. George

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• limitations period tolled when defendant resided out of State
• rule of lenity applies only to penal statutes
• preindictment delay of eighteen to twenty years

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Valjeanne Currie v. Group Insurance Commission
  First Circuit· 2002-04-01· cited 214×
• State v. Skakel
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-01-24· cited 153×
• Commonwealth v. Ridge
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-11-10· cited 37×
• State of Tennessee v. Perry Avram March
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2011-01-27· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. Dame
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-02-03· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Carrion
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-03-13· cited 24×
• Sisson v. Lhowe
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-10-06· cited 23×
• Commonwealth v. White
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-10-19· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Militello
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-05-24· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Morris M.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-11-09· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Perella
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-02-01· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Colon
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-04-10· cited 11×
• Burton v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-07-17· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Murphy
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-10-15· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Turner
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-11-05· cited 7×
• King v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-11-17· cited 6×
• State v. Faufata
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2003-03-04· cited 5×
• COMMONWEALTH v. HELLEN KIAGO (and nine companion cases ).
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2022-09-20· cited 1×
• Commonwealth v. Geoghan
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2002-03-07
• Commonwealth v. Edgar Andre
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2025-09-04

Cites

24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• United States v. Marion
  Supreme Court· 1971-12-20· cited 3,756×
• Kolender v. Lawson
  Supreme Court· 1983-05-02· cited 3,306×
• Shapiro v. Thompson
  Supreme Court· 1969-04-21· cited 3,119×
• Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1955-05-09· cited 2,938×
• Jones v. Helms
  Supreme Court· 1981-06-15· cited 199×
• United States v. Habig
  Supreme Court· 1968-03-05· cited 138×
• Scherling v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1978-10-20· cited 118×
• Attorney General v. School Committee of Essex
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-08-31· cited 92×
• Commonwealth v. Best
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-09-05· cited 73×
• Champigny v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-03-07· cited 73×
• Commonwealth v. Imbruglia
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-04-02· cited 70×
• Bell v. Treasurer of Cambridge
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1941-12-31· cited 67×
• Town of Lexington v. Town of Bedford
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-07-31· cited 61×
• Commonwealth v. Fayerweather
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-11-14· cited 61×
• Commonwealth v. Bargeron
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-06-14· cited 59×
• Commonwealth v. Franklin Fruit Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-02-23· cited 46×
• Commonwealth v. Twitchell
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-08-11· cited 38×
• Zeller v. Cantu
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-06-05· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Slome
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1947-11-04· cited 33×
• Fiorentino v. Probate Court
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-03-29· cited 31×