Massachusetts Appeals Court· 11/20/1998
Commonwealth v. Griffith
Citations
- 45 Mass. App. Ct. 784
- 702 N.E.2d 17
- 1998 Mass. App. LEXIS 1234
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- prosecutor’s argument calling defendant charged with single count of distributing marijuana “drug dealer” was inflammatory and “stepped over the boundaries of permissible advocacy”
- conviction reversed where unwarranted characterization of defendant as drug dealer saturated entire case from beginning to end
- remarks that defendant was “entrepreneur” and “common street level dealer” unsupported by evidence
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13 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State v. BarfieldNebraska Supreme Court· 2006-11-03· cited 104×
- Commonwealth v. ColonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-05-22· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. DeloneyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-08-26· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. SheehanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-10-02· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. FredetteMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-10-11· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. McCoyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-09-15· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. AndujarMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-03-06· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. BurnsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-07-13· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. GarofaloMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-01-20· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. DumaisMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-11-20· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. ArroyoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-07-12
- Commonwealth v. LopesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-10-13
- Commonwealth v. CorreiaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2023-06-12
Cites
24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. KozecMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-03-24· cited 348×
- Commonwealth v. YesilcimanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-02-22· cited 194×
- Commonwealth v. BorodineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-08-23· cited 155×
- Commonwealth v. CiampaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-12-14· cited 124×
- Commonwealth v. WoodsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-01-24· cited 118×
- Commonwealth v. BurkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-11-02· cited 92×
- Commonwealth v. ChavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-07-08· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. OlszewskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-12-30· cited 82×
- Commonwealth v. FordhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-02-08· cited 72×
- Commonwealth v. ColemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-01-30· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. RiveraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-07-29· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. BourgeoisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-05-16· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. TannerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-10-08· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. WhiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-04-01· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. MurchisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-06-08· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. McLeodMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-05-07· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. WardMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1990-02-23· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. GallegoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1989-08-18· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. VillalobosMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1979-04-13· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. NicholsonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-05-02· cited 17×
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