Commonwealth v. Graziano

How courts have described this case

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

• counsel is \not required to make further efforts 'in the face of [a] judge's unequivocal adverse ruling' \
• judge’s limitation of cross-examination deemed to be “serious error” because “[t]he reliability and credibility of [the witness] [were] essential to the proof of the defendants’ guilt”
• reliability of polygraph results should be resolved in first instance by trial judge
• reliability of polygraph results should be resolved in first instance by trial judge

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Vitello
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-09-26· cited 122×
• Commonwealth v. Knight
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-08-12· cited 39×
• Commonwealth v. Hawley
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-03-05· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. Moore
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-10-31· cited 22×
• White v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1999-04-05· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Walker
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-06-07· cited 4×
• Commonwealth v. Foley
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1979-05-21· cited 3×
• Commonwealth v. Solomon
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1977-02-08· cited 3×
• Commonwealth v. Frate
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-05-10· cited 2×
• Commonwealth v. Velez
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1983-01-14· cited 1×
• Commonwealth v. Dasahn Crowder
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2025-03-25

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bruton v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-17· cited 8,792×
• Commonwealth v. Graziano
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-07-19· cited 133×
• Commonwealth v. a Juvenile
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-06-12· cited 123×