Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2/11/1997
Commonwealth v. Gibson
Citations
- 424 Mass. 242
- 675 N.E.2d 776
- 1997 Mass. LEXIS 43
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- \defendant's own testimony that he fired the gun without aiming eliminated any issue as to accident\
- “If it can be said with reasonable confidence that the error did not contribute to the verdict, then it was harmless”
- faulty instruction on third prong inferred malice had no impact on verdict of premeditated murder in the first degree where instructions on deliberate premeditation were correct
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Judges: Greaney
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23 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. NardiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-09-25· cited 94×
- Commonwealth v. BraleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-06-12· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. MarshallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-06-20· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. MurphyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-08-19· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. JacksonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-07-10· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. MorseMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-12-18· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. RobertsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-12-14· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. DuranMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-09-13· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. JenksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-02-03· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. PinaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-02-12· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. DyerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-10-13· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. ReavesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-06-21· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. VintonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-08-01· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. DiazMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-06-23· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. DiazMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-01-29· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. JilesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-07-22· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. GagnonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-11-09· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. WatkinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-03-20· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. RichardsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-08-18· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. AlebordMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-12-28· cited 9×
Cites
13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 23,069×
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court· 1979-06-18· cited 3,585×
- Rose v. ClarkSupreme Court· 1986-07-02· cited 2,431×
- Francis v. FranklinSupreme Court· 1985-04-29· cited 2,053×
- Yates v. EvattSupreme Court· 1991-08-02· cited 932×
- Commonwealth v. GouldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-05-20· cited 140×
- Commonwealth v. JudgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-06-01· cited 108×
- Commonwealth v. WaiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-05-31· cited 105×
- Commonwealth v. ChipmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-07-11· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. GibsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-08-22· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. PlunkettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-05-13· cited 51×
- Gibson v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-03-16· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. DohertyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-09-12· cited 13×
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