Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/16/1989
Commonwealth v. Griffin
Citations
- 535 N.E.2d 594
- 404 Mass. 372
- 1989 Mass. LEXIS 82
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “A genuine conflict of interest exists when there is joint representation and ‘an attorney cannot use his best efforts to exonerate one defendant for fear of implicating another defendant.’ ”
- “a person’s right to assistance of counsel under both the Sixth Amendment. . . and art. 12 . . . attaches only from the time that adversary judicial proceedings have been initiated”
- no Constitutional right to counsel in Massachusetts grand jury proceedings
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Wilkins, Liacos, Abrams, Nolan, Lynch
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14 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. WheelerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-09-25· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. SmileyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-05-12· cited 36×
- Poe v. Sex Offender Registry BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-05-17· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. CelesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-02-10· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-07-16· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. FilippidakisMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-01-07· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. MoreauMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-06-14· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. GilliardMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-03-07· cited 13×
- Marmol v. DuboisD. Massachusetts· 1994-03-08· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. Neary-FrenchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-08-15· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. TetiMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2004-01-06· cited 3×
- Griffin v. City of WestfieldMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1993-09-21· cited 2×
- In the Matter of a Grand Jury InvestigationMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-12-11
- Commonwealth v. DovaleMassachusetts Superior Court· 1997-12-01
Cites
14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court· 1980-05-12· cited 5,389×
- Commonwealth v. Lam Hue ToMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-02-29· cited 92×
- Commonwealth v. McLeodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-05-08· cited 86×
- Care & Protection of StephenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-11-12· cited 85×
- Commonwealth v. HodgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-05-07· cited 74×
- Aiello v. MassachusettsSupreme Court· 1985-10-21· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. DavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-12-11· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. GibsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-08-22· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. ShraiarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-03-06· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. BolducMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-06-28· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. MichelMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-09-04· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-08-18· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. PiresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-07-12· cited 21×
- United States v. Peter CanessaFirst Circuit· 1981-03-23· cited 14×
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