Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 10/9/1974
Commonwealth v. Grant
Citations
- 317 N.E.2d 484
- 366 Mass. 272
- 1974 Mass. LEXIS 717
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- statute concerning credit for time spent in confinement before sentencing “should be read against the backdrop of fair treatment of the prisoner”
- credit for time served required, on theory of constructive State custody, where Commonwealth deferred to Federal custody arrangement
- statute concerning credit for time spent in confinement before sentencing 'should be read against the backdrop of fair treatment of the prisoner’
- where single incident led to both State and Federal charges and defendant convicted only on State charges, defendant entitled to time spent awaiting trial in Federal custody
- credit given for time held in lieu of bail, on theory of constructive custody, where prisoner held on a Federal charge while awaiting trial on State and Federal charges that arose out of same incident
- credit given for time spent in confinement before sentencing
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Judges: Tauro, Reardon, Braucher, Hennessey, Wilkins
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26 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Chalifoux v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-06-19· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. CarterMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-10-20· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. MiltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-03-03· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. McLaughlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-05-15· cited 33×
- KinneyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1977-06-24· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. MorasseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-02-21· cited 18×
- Burno v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-01-21· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. BeauchampMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-07-09· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. FoleyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1983-12-15· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. AquafrescaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1981-03-19· cited 12×
- Kuykendall v. StateNevada Supreme Court· 1996-11-07· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. BlaikieMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-01-24· cited 8×
- Gardner v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-09-20· cited 8×
- Williams v. Superintendent, Massachusetts Treatment CenterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-10-26· cited 7×
- RoyceMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1990-03-20· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. BolandMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-09-02· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. BarriereMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-02-05· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. MaldonadoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-08-11· cited 5×
- LynchMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1979-05-08· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. HarveyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-05-18· cited 4×
Cites
6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Ernest C. Davis v. Attorney General of the United StatesFifth Circuit· 1970-05-26· cited 64×
- United States v. Bernard GainesSecond Circuit· 1971-10-07· cited 63×
- StearnsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1961-06-20· cited 27×
- NeedelMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-05-03· cited 18×
- Libby v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1968-01-04· cited 14×
- McCormack v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1963-02-28· cited 3×
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