Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 11/12/1980
Commonwealth v. Grace
Citations
- 412 N.E.2d 354
- 381 Mass. 753
- 1980 Mass. LEXIS 1369
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “[t]he repeated failures of counsel to raise the point suggest that it was not thought to be critical”
- court relied on defense counsel’s failure to object to Ferreira-type, reasonable doubt instruction in wake of Bumpus
- discussing factors relevant to section 33E review
- discussing factors relevant to section 33E review
- case tried after Bumpus decision
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Judges: Hennessey, Braucher, Wilkins, Liacos, Abrams
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26 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-04-15· cited 371×
- Commonwealth v. AmiraultMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-03-24· cited 178×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-01-06· cited 79×
- Commonwealth v. RembiszewskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-02-10· cited 78×
- Commonwealth v. PisaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-08-13· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. RichardsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-08-20· cited 40×
- William H. Doucette, Jr. v. George VoseFirst Circuit· 1988-03-23· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. FestaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-03-22· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. BurnettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-12-11· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. WatkinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-03-20· cited 14×
- Warren A. Gibson v. Fred Butterworth, Etc.First Circuit· 1982-11-19· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-03-05· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-08-08· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. LoweMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-07-10· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. StellbergerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-12-09· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. LimoneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-06-06· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. SalemmeMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1981-01-22· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. MeuseMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-12-11· cited 4×
- Dickerson v. LatessaD. Massachusetts· 1988-05-31· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. KelleherMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-11-05· cited 2×
Cites
30 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court· 1975-06-09· cited 3,396×
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-06-01· cited 628×
- Beck v. WashingtonSupreme Court· 1962-06-25· cited 596×
- Hankerson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court· 1977-06-17· cited 586×
- Commonwealth v. GarciaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-01-08· cited 150×
- Commonwealth v. FerreiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-07-22· cited 148×
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-07-15· cited 131×
- Commonwealth v. StokesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-03-09· cited 127×
- Commonwealth v. FergusonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-03-27· cited 100×
- Commonwealth v. BumpusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-12-04· cited 79×
- Connolly v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-03-16· cited 79×
- Commonwealth v. FlukerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-01-18· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. GricusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1944-12-11· cited 76×
- Griffin v. General Motors Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-04-11· cited 75×
- Commonwealth v. ColemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-01-30· cited 71×
- Earl v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1969-06-06· cited 68×
- Commonwealth v. BumpusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-04-04· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-08-03· cited 56×
- In the Matter of TroyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-07-26· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-08-15· cited 49×
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