Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 12/31/1980
Commonwealth v. Gilday
Citations
- 415 N.E.2d 797
- 382 Mass. 166
- 1980 Mass. LEXIS 1401
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that “the prosecutor was not excused from his duty of disclosure by the lack of a formal agreement with the witness, nor is it dispositive that [the witness] was less than fully informed of any benefit to be gained”
- “We should set aside the conviction unless we are ‘sure that the error did not influence the jury, or had but very slight effect’ ”
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Judges: Hennessey, Kaplan, Wilkins, Liacos, Abrams
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38 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. FlebotteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-03-21· cited 396×
- Commonwealth v. PeruzziMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1983-03-10· cited 188×
- Commonwealth v. MayfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-11-25· cited 123×
- Gilday v. CallahanFirst Circuit· 1995-07-05· cited 103×
- Commonwealth v. FisherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-02-12· cited 101×
- Commonwealth v. NealMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-05-21· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. RosarioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-12-30· cited 68×
- Commonwealth v. CollinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-12-17· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. ShippsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-05-12· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. HillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-11-29· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. CollinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-04-29· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. DiGeronimoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1995-07-13· cited 39×
- Wilson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-03-09· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. SeminaraMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-09-23· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. DonahueMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-01-21· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. VieiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-03-10· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. DiazMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-02-24· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. RoyceMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-06-14· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. DePinaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-12-08· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. GildayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-01-07· cited 12×
Cites
14 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×
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1946-06-10· cited 7,845×
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court· 1976-06-24· cited 6,537×
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 5,066×
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court· 1959-06-15· cited 4,234×
- Commonwealth v. EllisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-07-18· cited 140×
- Commonwealth v. HaywoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-04-05· cited 118×
- Commonwealth v. GildayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-04-25· cited 94×
- Burkhalter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1973-02-21· cited 86×
- United States v. HarrisThird Circuit· 1974-05-30· cited 61×
- Lindsay & Phelps Co. v. MullenSupreme Court· 1900-01-22· cited 21×
- Young v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1974-12-16· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. LombardoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1974-11-27· cited 6×
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