Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 12/5/1985
Commonwealth v. Guilfoyle
Citations
- 396 Mass. 1003
- 485 N.E.2d 679
- 1985 Mass. LEXIS 1742
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- unclear whether judge recognized he had discretion: erroneously admitted conviction because of similarity to crime being tried
- judgments reversed where judge considered “similarity of crimes to be the basis for admission of the records of conviction instead of a reason for excluding them”
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Cited by
15 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. FanoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-06-16· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-12-17· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. LittleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-05-14· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. BoyerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-05-19· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. ReidMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-08-03· cited 32×
- Walker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1989-10-13· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. GrahamMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2004-12-07· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. RoucouletMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-07-31· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. TracyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1989-06-19· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. RuizMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-06-08· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. PrestonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1989-02-21· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. RuizMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-06-03· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. ThayerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1995-11-06· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. ReidMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-10-01· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. SouzaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2023-08-14
Cites
5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. ChaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-06-10· cited 108×
- Commonwealth v. DiMarzoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-02-28· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. MaguireMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-07-12· cited 69×
- Commonwealth v. KnightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-06-15· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. McFarlandMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1983-02-24· cited 12×
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